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CHRISTMAS TREE AND GRAND
SOCIABLE,

To be given by Ambrosia Lodge, No. 2Oso:
G. u. o. of o. F. in A., at O'Hara's hall,
corner of Main and Eighth streets, Wednes-
day evening, December 90, 1888, for the
purpose of liquidating the debts of Ambro-
sia Lodge, and to give the public ga Merry
Christmas. There will be a Christmas
Tree for all who desire to put presents on
for their relatives aud friends. Their deco.
ration OF the tree will begin at $3.50 O'Clock
p. IN. and close at o'clock p. IN. Distribu.
ton Of presents at IL O'Clock p. m. All the
delicacies of the season will be on hand.
Music will be furnished by Prof. Garner's
string band. The committee will spare no
pains to make this q pleasant occasion to
all who will attend. We earnestly request
all brothers and friends to come out and
help us. Admissions: Adults, 25 cts; child.
rem under IL years, 10 cts. Doors open al
p. m. Committee of arrangements: z N
G, w A Holmes, chairman: p N f, f I
Anthony; p N F., Lucien Henderson; n
f, PJ Plant; p n F, H H Gilky, secretary
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The Tariff and Wool,

The Z.nesvilie Signal SAYS: The tariff
was inc' eased on woolen goods. but re-
duced on wool, by the late Republican
Congress just before Its demise. SO,
also, the tsrlf WIS increased on iron and
steel, and hoop poles we're pu, on the
free listi Now, let the Republican WOOL
growers and hoop pole men return
thanks and continue to vote the Repub-
l,can ticket out OF spite against the Dem
ocrats!
The Newark Advocate says: And now
the Republican wool-growers having
heen bamboozled and sold out by the
Republican bosses, will pitch in and la
bor for the success OF the "grand ole
party with their wonted cheerfulnes,
and alacrity.
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Scared by a Fiddle.

A very amusing scene, which iRus-
trates the superstition and ignoFsSes OF
the colored people on the peninsula, oc.
Cured in the kitcbin OF hotel at Mil.
ford few nights ago. A lad had been
playing few tunes on an old violin,
and the others had been dancing to his
music in merry mood. When bed
time arrived the boy hung his fiddle near
a window, and all were in the act Of re-.
firing when low strains were heard to
issue from the fiddle, which was un-
touched by human hands,. There was
at once general stampede from the
house into the snow, and cries that the
fiddle was bewitcbed. One colored man
said it was the ghost OF Samuel Mason,
who was murdered few weeks since at
Milford, and another declared that he
had recognized the shades of his dead
father. Finally the, bravest peered into
the kitchen ard heard the fiddle still ma
king the mysterious sounds, and getting
a pole, be knocked it from the nail and
burned it, just as our Puritan fathers Of
New England punished witches. But
none Of the colored people would sleep
in the house that night. 1t is.sperhaps,
unnecessary to add that q current Of air
was PLAYING upon the violin - Crnfsid
(Ad) Leader.
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+ EH The Philadelphia Times is an
other journal that did not join in the
sentimental craze over "Betty and bel
baby" In referring to the matter, i
says: J.
The War Department gives Out tha
there is no intention OF pardoning Ser
geant Mason out of the Albany Peni
tentiary, as it would be destructive oi
army discipline. This will he some
what discouragiog to the sentimentalists
but will afford them employment longel
than il their request had been granted
on the frst application. But people
who believe that the law should be obey
ell will be gratified to know that the Sec
retary OF War believes with them By
the time Sergeant Mason's term expires
in the Albany Penitentiary he will have
good trade and may have Learned
something that will be of value to hin
during the remainder of his life.
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Bombs and Burning Machines.

George Holgate, the manufacturer oI
explosive machines, who lives at No
1902 South Juniper street, in this city
says that from the description of the ef-
feet o! the explosion OF the internal ma
chine under the Government Office in
London, he feels confident that it was
caused by power much greater and
more destructive than dynamite. Mr.
Holgate, who makes no secret OF the
business in which be is engaged, has
probably made more internal machines
than any man in this country. Within
the past six weeks be has constructed
four explosive machines and sold them
to parties in New York. Each contri.
vance can be placed in cigar-hox and
possesses an explosive force equal to 200
pounds OF gunpowder. He has also, he
says, constructed and sold two burning
machines which can be set for any num-
Der of hours, and when sprung create q
fame equal to hundred gas-iets and an
intensity OF heat equal to thousand
such jets. II know nothing" said he,
"of the uses to which my machines are
put. | no more ask a man when he buys
one whether be proposes to blow up the
Gar or set fire to palace, than gnn.
smith asks his customers whether they
are about to commit murder, or a match
merchant to ask II his purchaser is about
to become an incendiary. make the
machines for those who want them. l
don't believe in killing kings with bombs
nor do think it is proper to assass;nate
statesmen with knives, but I would n 1t
have the cutlery business stopped be-
cause bad men make improper use Of the
dagger. II the Nihilists are in earnest
il they possess half the courage they are
credited with, they will be supreme in 9
few years. do not believe that the
Gar will be crowned" Philadelphia
Record
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~A good deal Of surprise has bet

~A good deal of surprise has beer
expressed from time TO time by very ex.
celIent people at the blindness OF the
Irish peasant, or, still worse, bis ingrat
itude. In declining to he concilia ed by
the Land act. That the blessing of The
Land Commission should. in bomely
phrase, cost more than it comes to, Is 9
fact which these excellent people are ap.
paren,ly incapable Of comprehe naing.
Yet that none the less ,uch state OF
things may exist is shown by recently
published review of the work OF the
Land Commission during it's session al
Enniskillen, with estimates by no means
unreasonable. Of the cost of doing that
work. Two weeks were occupied in
hearing appeals. and 50 cases were deer
ded. 10 which an aggregate annual reduc
ton in rental OF little over f44 was
made The cost to the Treasury wa.
fil2 for salaries. f70 for hotel bills
and travelling expenses. and f492 for
valuations and reports, while the expen-
ses in each suit were estimated at fl0
for the landlord and E6 for the tenant
In all it cost f2,2S6. or more than fifty
years purchase of the alterations result
ing from the appeals, to perform the
work, while the successful tenants will
not experience any benefit from the re.
ductions confirmed to them till 1895. o.
course where one case Is fought out to
the end many cases are settled amicably
or inexpensively, nevertheless soch 6g'
ures ss those we have just quoted are
eloquent as to the reason why we'll in
tended legislation has failed Of it's pur.
pose and disappointed everybody except
the lawyers -Neo York Rcrld.
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To Phystcians.

We do not find fault, reproach or con.
denim the practice Of any regular ply.
sician-this is not our mission-but We
do claim il he we're to add Peraaa to
bis prescriptions as directed in our book
on. the Ellis OF Life" land furnished
gratuitouslv by all druggist'), he would
cure all bis patients
"OswKGo, Potter County, Pa.
DR HARTMAN Sir: The small
ulcers are oil healed, and the two large
ones are not more than half as large as
they were. / am feeling quite we'll
The people say your Peruna and Man.
alia are doing q miracle. do not TAX.
nearly 20 much opium as I did hefnre
MRS. ELLEN MAYNARD.
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yourself which is worth a kings ransom

yourself which is worth a kings ransom
to me f.
"Pardon me. 1 have no dover; it is
only that you accept gift from me, and
| have favor yet to ask Of you, that
you demand your sons presence in the
library alter the ceremony, also that the
marriage take place at Clifton Grange,
quietly and without ostentation."
Il submit to your demands, madam,
though not without a protest; but vii
ful woman must have her way"
y
According to the programme. the
marrisge took place at an early hour one
morning: the few guests had departed,
when rider came dashing down the
Highway, dismounted at the park gates.
lstrode up the avenue. and entered the
open hall, an indefinable exprassion on
his handsome face. II was Lucian St.
Mar.
81 presume my congratulations are
due, if either OF you consider them wor.
thy of acceptance" said he. bowing.
though scarcely daring to meet the eye
OF the lady.
1--WE tender our thanks" said the
Duke, stify; "you will please Join US 10
the library"
The trio seated themselves, when her
ladyship rang golden timbrel near her.
The door opened, and Amabel St Mar
with her child, entered, looking timid
yet when her eyes rested on the young
man they gained new lustre, and rosy
tinge suffused her pale cheeks.
He gave muttered exclamation, and
started as il to leave the room, when
Lady Evelyn arose, saying:
"My Lord, here is my gift; your
daughter and grandson. the young he'll
of Fairleigh. LIclap St Mar know
will be forever indebted to me for dar-
ing what he has feared to do, in present.
ing his lovely wife and son to his fathers
love, and uniting them once more in
7 sweet companionship as husband and
wife,"
"Ha! see all through your intrigue
madam you should be made prime min
lister Of the realm. But, come, my
daughter, you have ere this won the
love and esteem that was truly yours by
right, also nv little namcsake St. Mar
you are certainly a man to be envied az
ter all; settle down now to sober mar
ried life. and the past will be buried and
forgotten; you have an incentive to no.
bier pursuits, in which your lady moth.
er and myself will be happy to assist
you"
Amabel, with joyous cry sprsng to-
ward him, and what could he do but &C.
cept the situation gracefully.
His Grace, the Duke and Duchess ol
Alva, retired, leaving the long separa
ted husband and wife together. Lady
Evelyn gave hima long, steady, soul-
searching look in which she felt assured
that she had her revenge.
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Anehpy
THINGS THAT NEVER DIE.


1t never dies-a mothers holy love
Strengthens with every in that may betide;
In every phase Of life its waters move
With current strong, and fathomless, and
wide,
From the heart other flames may rise,
And while they seem as warm. and grand,
and high,
The increase of one lives to reach the skies
A mothers tender love can never die.
They never die-the songs of other days,
The unstrung harps all covered DER with
dust
And In some rambling storehouse laid away
With many other wrecks of love and trust,
At eventide, when all arouad is still.
Each harp throws off the dust with gentle
sigh.
And voices long since hushed our chamber.
fill
With songs of other days that never die.
It never dies-ths memory Of wrong
Done to an innocent and trusting heart;
Though outwardIy it seemeth well and strong,
pain is there which never can depart;
Time DER the spot may weave fair new skin.
And every trace be hidden from the eye,
But all the agony is closed within.
And wounds thus healed are never known
to die.
They never die-the kindly deed and word
Given to the needy without pomp and pride
Sooner or later they reap their reward
Who pass not over to the other side;
And crumbs thus cast upon the sea of life
May not return as man is sailing DER
But when he rests from agony and strife.
Ho'll find the losves upon the other shore.
It never dies-the bow Of promise set
In every landscape. be it black or fair.
There's hope for all upon lifss billow yet.
For Gods own hand. had placed the token
Though overwhelming storms Of wind and
rain
Chase every sunbeam from the pilgrims sky
After much peril twill CLEAN forth again.
For rainbews come and go but never die.
They neve- die-the moon, and stars, and sun
Have shone upon the wicked and the just
Since Gods most glorious haadiwork was done,
And nen arose so mighty from the dust;
For when we close our eyes upon this world,
70 open them in heaven by-and-bye,
The same blue banner there will be unfurled,
With sun, and moon, and stars. that never
die.
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WOODsFIELD, MONROE COUNTY,gOH

ing over past follies and misfol tunes"
IL give happy assent; if you think
.Lucian will not return here may be able
able to find him there"
"Ah, / find you do not fall in with my
plan, readily | do not mean to enter the
fashionable routine OF life there. only go
there TO wa:ch the outside world, enjoy
q little coterie of our own and let events
shape themselves"
"Oh, no, you mistake me; have not
the least ability 10 take part in gay soci-
|ety, not until Lucian claims me for his
wife; that is my object In going.".
ssAye. he is wandering star and may
be at his usual haunts in Germany. You
can afford to wait under my especial
| charge; i foresee more than you do at
present. Trust it all To me e
r Evelyn Palm had hard battle TO fgh,
with her own heart, but the victory was
won, and instead of the warm love-ligh,
| in her eye, there was now resolute ex.
preston that nothing could daunt firm
and intractihle. She sought revenge
for the two wrongs and espoused the
cause OF the weaker in her williul wav
that was sure to punish St. Mar for bis
per6dy.
A months time found them fully set
tied at her town house in Leiceste,
Square The CAV season was at its great
est brilliancy. When the past woes ant
present sorrows are lost in the vortex o.
fashionable pleasures, there seems 10 b,
no time for tefection-self is lost in tb,
outside world The widows residenc,
was located in the most fashionable par
of London, furnished with all the ele
esnt appurlenances Of high life, in th'
midst OF it yet not OF 1t. She drew
around her q few select friends, sober
in ellectual people. noted more for thei
rich gems OF thought than expensive
dress and equipage; artists, modern sa
vans and travelled geniuses loved to fire
quen, her drawing-rooms, sure of wei
come reception from the patroness o
art and science
At q meeting with her solicitors
Messrs. Horton & Hort5fi, she learned
OF the inquisitive St Mar, and thus d
vined his non-appearance on that memo
rable night. She smiled at her broker
dream as th' ny OF the past, resolving
never to be put to such test again.
81 shall never marry for love, not or
nv part at least" she said in reply tc
some remark of Amabel St. Mar. "If
meet a worthy man who wishes to mar
~ me. knowing the proviso in the viii
of my husband. I will know he loves mt
for myself alone, and | will marry him.
"You are righ'! You are casket o.
jewels in yourself, without a fortune"
replied Amabel.
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NUMBER II.
THE vIoLIN,s VOICE. r.,
Pathetic Story of q Musician and
His Dying Child.


The Dark Angel of Death was stand
ing outside the musicians door, Tor lit
tie Anita, Maestro Narditti's child, was
fading away no tears, no prayers could
avail; not even the Carrisima's lovely
voice. ,-s-ss-.s-
Carrisifha's voice was hushed now;
the maestro had o;heart to take up bis
dearly loved violin to soothe his sorrow,
as be had done many years ago, when
his uifs died and left this little one be-
hind s,
Heaven had given him the divine Gift
Of genius, and had hidden him call aloud
TO the world. SO Carrssima and he
bad played together through sickness
and sorrow and success, and through
all The changing of life they had been
faithful friends.
They had just come back from The
crowded ball; the people said that never
before had the maestro played so beau
titully, and that never before bad the
violin's voice sounded 50 mournful and
pathetic.
We'll, you see, they did. not kaows.bs
reason; but, we dopfor both we're think.
ing of the little dying girl, and how
could their thoughts be anything but
sorrowful. or the outward In preston of
the those that's be anything but moarn-
full. g.5,t
The father weeping by his child's bed
side. But she said: "Do not weep;
sing to me-sing me to. sleep. For I
am 80 weary, dear father and the even
ling has been SO long without thee"
Then be rose and played to her; she
closed her eyes and listened happily to
Caprissima's Voice. 1t sang a. song
without words-the music alone told the
tale-of pure young life, too pure for
earth and therefore to be taken. away to
that fair land where only the good and
pure and true dwell. Yet itswas hard
TO leave The dear ones behind. and to
know that they would be desolate; and
here the violin's voice sobbed and trem-
hled as il from sorrow and the melody
became ssdders and softer. as II descri-
bing the very parting which was soon
TO take place; then ihe lingering notes
died away and the maestro's hand was
still.
us that all ," murnured the child;
&c, play agaInf' = 81
Once more be raised bis bow on high
and the air resounded with psalm Of
triumph-the same melody, but no Ion
ger soft or sad, for the gates OF that fair
land we're opened wide, and amid this
iuhilant strain the child had passed away
with the Angel of Death.
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Hoods Sarsaparilla

IL designed to meet the wants OF those
who need medicine to build them up,
give them an appetite, purify their blood I.
and oil up the machinery OF their bodies.
No other article takes hold Of the sys.
tenn and hits exactly the spot like Hood q
Sarsaparilla. 1t works like magic, reach.
ing every part of the human body
through the blood, giving to all renew.
ed life aud energy. al bottle; six fol
las.
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The Order OF Nature.

II you shake up basket of fruit or
of gravel the smaller portions will 60
toward the bottom, the larger ones will
come toward the top. This is ihe ordet
OF nature There 10 no way OF evading
it. And the same order prevails in the
basket OF human life. The worlds sha.
king will send the small characters
downward and bring the larger ones to-
ward the top The larger ones are not
to blame for this. The smaller ones
have NO right to complain OF it. 1t il
the shaking that does the business.
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Advfce TO a Bov.

Cat away from the crowd aFlittle
while every day, my dear boy. Stand
one side and let the world run by while
you get acquainted with yourself; and
see what kind of a fellow you are Ask
Yourself hard questions about yourself !;
find out all you can about yourself
Ascertain from original sources If you
are really the manner Of man people
say you are ;,ind out If yon ere, always
honest Ii you always tell the, square
perfect truth in business deals; If your
life is as good and upright" at eleven
o'clock at night as it is at noons II you
are as good q temperance man on a,fsh-
ing excursion as you are at a, Sunday
school picnic; il you are as good, q boy
when you 60 to Chicago as you are DO
home; IT., in short, you really are the
sort OF young man yoar father hopes
You are, your mother says you are, and
your sweetheart believes you are. Get
on intimate terms with yourself, nv
boy, and. believe me, every time you
come out from one of these private in-
terviews you will be stronger, better,
purar man Don't forget this, Teleuia-
chus, and ii will do you good.-Hasok-
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NOTARY PUBLIC.

THIN undersigned, having been appointed
/ Notary Public, would inform his
friends, and the public generally, that he is
prepared to fill Pensioners Blanks. admin
is.ar Oaths, take Dispositions, acknowledge
Deeds. Mortgages. and other instruments o.
writing. JOHN JRFFRRS.
sprlS, ,'7sT = 3eallsville. Monroe Co. ohio
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Now Is the time to treat Catarrh Of
long standing. E vs. Cream Balm reach
es old and obstinate cases, where sll
other remedies fail. Do not neglect
procuring hottie. as in Il lies the relief
you seek. Price SO cents.
Apply into nostrils with little fin-
ger. -
A gentleman from ORWELL Pa !.
called my attention to Elys' Cream Balm
as q remedy for Catarrh, Hay. Fever,
&c. He was so earnest in asserting it
to be positive cure (himself having
been cured by ~ that I purchased Q
stock. The Balm has already affected
number OF cures. P. F. HYATT, N.
D.. Rordentown, N. j.
had suffered from Catarrh for ten
years; the pain would be so severe that
l was obliged to send for doctor.
had entirely lost sense OF smell. Elys'
Cream Balm has worked miracle. G.
is. HALLEYs, Binghamtou, N. Y.
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A family paper puhlished a LONG

A family paper published long ar
ticle entitled, housekeeping Hereafter. u
"Ob, DEAR" groaned distracted moth.
er OF FIVE children and keeper OF one
instead Of two servants; "If l though
there was going to be any housekeep
Ing hereafter, declare I'd never die"
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The Ithaca Journal tells OF q little
four-yesr-old, who, upon retiring, pro-
ceeded to say her prayers as usual.
When she had repeated the line, "If I
should die before wake" a thought
seemed TO strike her, and after pauslng
moment, she added What rum
pus there would be in this house!" She
then repeated the concluding line OF the
prayer and scrambled into bed.