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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1884-11-07

Their loss has been our gain, for we sue
ceeded in getting a large portion Of their
stock at about forty cents on the dollar. This
purchase has been so enormously large that
we cannot begin TO get all Of 1t into our i'm
mense building. We had TO rent large
wareroom for the balance Of the goods. Never
before in the history of Washington has there
been such an opportunity Of getting good
goods for o very small amount of money
We can only mention few Of the many bar
gains which will be found on sale:
lots of Black Silks at 55c, Csc, 75c, 81,
fully worth fifty per cent more.
62 pieces new fall shades Dress Goods at
&c, worth IL l-2c.
80 pieces illuminated wool Dress Goods,
loo per yard, value 25c.
cases Atwood Chudda Cloth, 40 inches
wide, in all the latest fall shades, SOC per I'D,
well worth 81 10. These came direct from
the custom house, having arrived in this coun-
try after the deed Of trust had been made -
Such articles as we bought we took the entire
lots, and therefore are shown only by us.
"a pieces, AZ inches wide, all-wool French
Cashmere, in Blue and Jet Black, at 39c per
yard, worth 55c.
SO pieces, 40 inches wide, extra fine, at soc,
worth Toe.
We bought every piece of Samuel Court
Ruld's Grape IN the sale, and can recommend
them as the best and cheapest ever offered.
| case IA wide all-linen Loom Table Dam
ask at zoe per yard, value 81 lie.
Towels ats, 10, IL 10 and l5c, every one
genuine bargain.
100 dozen heavy knotied, fringed Barnsley
Damask Towels at 25c. former retail price soc
Napkins and Doylies in endless variety.
Bsrnsley finest Table Damask. by yard OF
IN patterns. some as long. rs i've yards, every
one from fhis great nucfion
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1884-11-07
scavERYBODY is INVITED TO CALL.

49, In the Carpet Rooms will
found all that and handsome designs cOOrngs ngrau
- Tapestry and Body Brussels Velve
Rugs Felt and Woven Drugges Art Squares Patterns
all Smyrna Hugs all 9x15 We
Of Oriental Rugs in all sizes half their following Kosa
Armnans Dagaan Kouhl Kak Ghorde Oushacks Cash
Peans and Agra Carpets The Upholstery
great and special attention given the selection
Coverings and Drapery such Silk Pushes
or and Electro Pushes Plain and Embossed Sultan Pushes
call special
shown varying il from So so $3.50 pair is the
best the market We make speciality Dapery
Shades and Cornicc Poles Walnut Oak Ash Ebony Cherry
lengths aud Our Furniture Rooms crowded
and novel Paor Suits Walnut Ebony Cherry Mahogany
grades Coverings Chamber Suits Ash Cherry Walnut and Mahogany
Room Ash,
Desks Hall Trees Tables and Odd Pieces
body tells the prices. Call early and avoid the rush.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1884-11-07
Great Bargains in Shawls.
ZEPHYR SHAWLS,
WOOL SHAWLS,
THIBET SHAWLS,
CASHMERE SHAWTS


CASHMERE SHAWLS,
All AT less than half price.
We bought three lots Austrian Plush Cloaks
at about 20 cents on the dollar.
Lot Twenty five full-sized Ladies' Plush
Cloaks at SO, worth $40.
Lot 2-Twenty, all sizes, Ladies' Plush
Cloaks, lined with Italian cloth, at 81, worth
$l3.
Lot 4-Twelve Plush Dolmans, trimmed
with light shade Of Astrachan, at SIS. These
would retail when the cold weather comes ut
$50. Secure oae before il is too late
$50 pieces double width fine Ladies' Cloth
in all the leading shades, at 80 cents per yard.
This is the same grade other me rchants sell at
rs cents per yard.
&c pieces genuine full 81 inches wide i'm
ported Tricot Cloth, in all the new fall shades,
at 81 % per yard; last years price s..
100 pieces Oriental laces, lOc, worth 25c.
80 pieces Oriental Laces, G inches wide, at
tic, worth 45c.
40 pieces Oriental Laces, 8 inches wide, at
23c.
sc dozen Oriental Lace Fichus at 42c; val
ue 81.
ll5 dozen Oriental Lace Collars at 23c,
value Doc
80 dozen finest Linen 3-ply Shirt Fronts,
loo, worth 35c.
80 dozen Ladies' Silk Hose, drop stitch, 10
six different shades, at IS cents u pair, (sold
elsewhere for 81 40) and many other bargains
II will pay you TO lay in u Stock for y ears NJ,
these prices
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-07-02
Toe Tough.

Late one evening recently New York
goat of the William persuasion and ten
der years, though robust stomach, re-
turned to the bosom of the family with
an expression of pain upon his counte-
nance and suspicious contortion about
the stomach.
"Oh, my son." said the grave and
reverend sire, "you are ailing-you have
eaten something indigestible. What is
it ~
"I know not, father. returned young
William. " All have lunched on this
evening was few circus posters on a
bill board around the corner"
cit is as l thought, my son." wisely
nodded the old stager. "You have
swallowed one or two of those stories
concerning the white elephant l saw
them myself, my son, and decided not to
90 them. They looked too tough for
even my muscular gastric juice, But
here is a choice assortment of tin cans
and old shoes. Eat few of these and
by the time they mix with the circus bill
in your stomach | think the kinks will
be pretty effectually removed. You can
not be too careful about eating what you
find on the bill boards these tines
Blizzard.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-07-02

the star was going to leave her lines and
spring something new on the housel-
"would you be willing to work and wait
for me, as Rachel waited at the well,
seven long years."
"Sevenl" he cried, in burst of gen
uine devotion. "Sevenl Aye, gladly
Yes, and morel Even until seventy times
sevenl Let's make it seventy, anyhow,
and prove my devotion"
Somehow or other he was alone when
he left the parlor a few minutes later,
and it looks now as though he would have
to wait about 700 years before he saves
fuel by toasting his shins at the low-down
gate in the parlor again. There are men,
my son, who always overdo the thingi
they want to be meeker than Moses,
stronger than Sampson and ten times
more particular than Job, the printer;
that is, he isn't, but he used to Uz.-
H17bkeUe
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-07-02
IF WE HAD BUT A DAY.

Ne should fill the hoar with sweetest things,
If we had but day;
We should drink alone at the purest springs
In ourupward way;
We should love with lifetime's love in an
hour,
II the hours were few;
We should rest, not for dreams, but for
frcsher power
To be and TO do
We should guide our wayward or weary
wills
By the clearest light;
We should keep our eyes ON the heavenly
hills,
II they lay in sight,
We should trample the pride and the discon-
tent
Beneath our feet;
We should take whatever good God sent,
With trust complete.
Weshould waste no moments in weak regret,
II the days were but one
II what we remembered and we regret
Went out with the sun;
We should be from our clamorous selves SC
free
To work or TO pray,
And be what our Father would have us be,
II we had but day.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-07-02
Making Pearl RnttOns.

The Springfield (Mass.) Republican says
that company in that city which makes
pearl buttons is unique among New Eng
land button making industries in that it
uses only simple machinery, depending
mainly on the trained hands and eyes of
its twenty-five or thirty workmen for the
perfection of its products. The marine
shells from which the mother of-pearl is
obtained-shells of the pintadina variety,
coming from the East and West Indies,
California, and, in fact, all quarters of the
world-are taken as they come packed,
are rinsed in water, and are then ready
for turning. The shell is made up of
the mother -of-pearl inside, this being of
a creamy OF varied coloring and thinner
outer layer of a bony texture. The shell
is pierced through number of times by
a hollow boring tool, fitted to a common
lathe, some dozen of small discs being
the result. Each disc then goes through
three or four or sometimes half dozen
more operations at the hands of the men
standing in a line at one work bench,
each having a lathe and three
cOrnered file, sharpened to suit his
work. The bony part is cut from
the disc and the button shape given
it while revolved by the lathe against
the sharp steel held in the workman's
hand, no gauge being used. Some of the
buttons are grooved with few lines on
the face, and few holes are punched in
each. Part of the buttons are subjected
to mysterious coloring operation in a
revolving box, but the best grades are
finished in the natural colors. The pol
ishing is mainly done by hand. The
whole process is very quick, and the
method has the great advantage of being
Immediately adapted to any style of but
ton desired, no change in machinery
being required, but merely fresh ad-
justment of flesh and blood. All sizes
of ordinary buttons are turned out, as
we'll as some 'co lar buttons" " though no
fancy articles are made. The light-cOl-
ored material is the most valuable. Fifty
cents pound is paid for the rough shells,
and the buttons are worth from one to
seven or eight cents each. The store
room contains many bushels of these
valuable little things, ready for the fin
ishing touches to fill orders. The use OF
! pearl buttons has been confined mainly
to mems clothing for five or six years,
but the fashion is thought to be tending
toward "A more general use of them by
women. The company has been gradually
increasing its force Tor some months. The
workmen are mostly imported from
Pennsylvania, and have served long
apprenticeship. They are paid by the
piece, and the better workers make about
So day, Others averaging as low as 81.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-07-02
Over the Fence.

Mrs. Slingonin put her head over the
fence and thus addressed her neighbor,
who was hanging out her weeks wash
ing:
"a family has moved in the empty
house across the way, Mrs. Clothes-line." "
eyes, know"
''Did you notice their furniture~
"Not particularly"
"Two loads, and 1 wouldn't give dol
lar load for it. Carpets wouldn't
put them down in my kitchen. And the
childrenl l won't allow mine to associ-
ate with them. And the mother! She
looks as though she had never known a
days happiness. The father drinks, ex-
pect Too bad that such people should
come into this neighborhood. 1 wonder
who they are."
81 know them"
''Do you9 Well, 1 declare. Who are
they2"
"The mother is my sister, and the father
is superintendent of the Methodist Sun
day-school."
A painful pause ensues.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-07-02
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
THE DEFENDER.

Care came and laid his hand upon her
shoulder,
And Sorrow came, her lids with salt tears
wet;
And Pain, with features marred, and white
and set,
Pressed to her side; and then, stern-vissged,
gaunt,
Frightening her shaken soul, IMPLYING Want
Stared in her face; and then, growing
bolder
By all these ills, Temptation, smiling, fair,
Spread for her weary feet charmed snare,
With tender, cruel hand. So cold the world;
All her weak soul in strange tempest
whirled
With whitened lips, and sad, imploring
breath,
She stretches out her helpless hand to Death.
Then lol one came, before whose radiant
grace
Sorrow grew dumb, and grim Care hid his
face;
Before whose presence as radiant as tbs
day,
Temptation, vexed and beaten, fed away;
For whose dear sake she trembled at the
thought
OF Death, whose pallid kiss she vain had
sought
With strange rapture, holy, restful, sweet
Against her own she felt true heart beat
Oh, Life! she cried, no i'll Of thine can hold
me-
Since Love, the mighty, in his arms doth
fold me-
Charlotte Perry, in Vanity Fair.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-07-02
The Elevator.

l4o person that first put an elevator
into high structure, so as to save pas
sengers the labor of walking up many
steps of stairs, little dreamed of the i'm
portant results that have followed the
adoption OF that expedient. 1t has
practically revolutionized the domestic
and business architecture of large cities.
In New York there are literally hundreds
of high buildings accommodating thous-
ands of persons although the apartment
and Office buildings are a thing of yester-
day. In this city there are scores of
dwellings between l40 and 100 feet in
height. One house is over 1S0 feet high.
The lower part of New York has a num-
ber of enormous structures filed with
offices luxuriously furnished. The oc-
cupants of the upper floors prefer them
TO those nearer the surface of the earth.
The air, they think. is purer, and there
are fewer annoyances, while the elevator
is a swift and pleasant means Of com-
munieation. -Dsm0reH.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-07-02
New Cent and a quarter Pieces.

New Cent and a Quarter Pieces.
Scene-Park Row.
Dramatis Persone-A bootblack and
newsboy.
Bootblack with great unction)-Say,
chummy, did you see any of the new
cent and a quarter pieces9
Newsboy with vehement surprise)-
See what2
Bootblack with great deliberation)-
See any of the new cent and quarter
pieces.
Newsboy with evident sympathy
Been out all nightG
Bootblack with fervid anger)-No, l
amt been out all night. I'll bet you a
banana 1 can show you one of the cent
and quarter pieces.
Newsboy with lofty scorn)-I don't
want no banana, but I'll buy whole
bunch for you if you show me the cent
and quarter.
There was a wicked look on the boot
blacks face as he went down in his
pocket Then he retreated step or two
and took out cent and quarter of a
dollar. "There's the cent and quarter
pieces" he said as he sloped away, 'and
i'll take the banana some other time. y
NelO York american Queen.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-07-02

business / gave orders respecting the
tree. wished every trace of it to be
removed before her return, when perhaps
she would forget all about it and its
gloomy associations.
Returning home in the evening, was
met by the workmen with countenance
of interest and mystery. Their lntor-
nation startled me. While busted In
cutting down the tree, they had heard
something rattle and fall within; and on
examination discovered within the bones
of skeleton, though whether human or
not they could not tell. Communicating
the fact to Mr.. Warren, who was in his
garden, they had by his advice desisted
until my arrival.
went to the spot, and with the men
and Mr. Warren examined the tree.
Though the opening already made the
bones were clearly to be distinguished; !;
and directed that the trunk should at
once be felled. When this was done
there was exposed hollow stump, in
which lay a mass of human bones, with
remains of a woman's dress; and beneath
these and the decayed wood and dust
which had gathered over them CLEANED
the lustre of jewels and gold and silver
coin.
looked at Mr.. Warren, who, white
as death, had staggard to a garden
bench.
"My God!" he exclaimed. at is
Emily"
Yes, it was Emily. OF this there
could be no doubt. The tree had long
held its fearful secret, and was still un-
able to reveal it. 1t had given up
Emily's skeleton, but how came the poor
girl to be immured within this living
tomb2
Further examination, however, re-
vealed the whole horrible truth.
81 see how it all was, " my old neigh
Dor said, in broken and faltering voice,
"She had thrown her shawl over the
wall that it might not be in her way,
and then mounted the tree to where the
three great branches meet; and there,
hidden by the masses of ivy, lay the
fatal trap. Through that great hole she
slipped, and the ivy closed over her in
her living tomb"
He shuddered, and the tears gushed
into his eyes.
We neither of us expressed the thoughts
which chilled and moved our hearts tc
pitying horror. Had her death been
sudden, or had she here slowly starved
and pined to death Her cries could
not have been heard, for the house stood
apart, and her parents had left home and
gone in pursuit of her. l thought Of
Cecie's strange fancy concerning the ole
tree, and lost myself in vague conjecture:
as to the nature of those mysterious in
fuences which sometimes affect oul
human perceptions, how or whence W.
may not know.
This was the secret which the old tre'
so long held. And l may add that t.
this day Cecie knows nothing of it; for
beside the clergyman who gave Christian
burial to the remains of the poor girl
no one but ourselves, who made the dis
covery, ever knew the secret. w,
thought it best that it should be so.
But l observed that Cecie never afte
complained of the uneasy influence whicl
had before so annoyed her. With th
removal of the tree and the burial of thu
bones, nature resumed her bright anC
joyous sway in the old garden.-Susa'
A. Weiss.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-07-02
Hired Help.

Mrs. Jooblewizzle had hired new and
very green errand boy, and she sent
him with basket and the money to get
some groceries. When he came back he
did not report, and she called downstairs
to him:
"John, did you get the cabbage3"
"That's wot you tole me to git" he
answered, with lazy drawl
''Did you get the potatoesp
"That's wot you tole me to git"
"Did you get the starch9'
"That's wot you tole me to git"
'Did you get the soap3"
"That's wot you tole me to git"
"Did you get the sugar."
"That's what you tole me to git"
81 know that, she shrieked, after the
same monotonous reply foated up to her
for the fifth time, "but did you get
them2"
''No, ma'am, I lost the money, and
some dang thiefuv boy stole the basket.
Merchant IrGCeler.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-07-02
A Too willing Young Wan.

"Do you love me as dearly as men have
ever loved womenG" said Mabel, finding
an easy anchorage for her cheek about
the latitude of his upper vest pocket and
the longitude of his left suspender.
"More, ," said George, with waning en-
thusiasm, for this was about the two hun
dred and fourteenth encore to which he
had responded since o'clock. more,
far more dearly. Oh, ever so much
more"
"Would you" she went on, and there
was tremulous impressiveness in her
voice that warned the young man that
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-07-02
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

The most courted belle-The dinner
bell.
The Egyptian injunctiOn-'Mummy's
the word"
The hen that thinks woman throws
shoo's at her for good luck is very much
mistaken. Bradford Mail.
Hospitality. "Do take some more of
the vegetables, Mr.. Blood, for they go
to the pigs anyway.-HarOGrd Ldnlpoon.
"Another expedition to the pole"
said the man, as he wended his way to
his barber shop Cincinnati Saturday
Night.
eyes" she said, ~ always obey my
husband, but reckon / have something
to say about what his commands shall
be. Boston Post.
My love and l for kisses played
And it did chance to be
The darling girl won all the stakes
And gave them all to mo.
Salem Sunbeam.
The garden season is here, and the
husband of the woman who y throws
stones at -the-hens is getting himself into
q position to dodge.-Bradford Sunday
Mail.
Lady, to small boy with dog-John-
ny, does that dog bark at night2 Johnny,
who is a connoisseur in dogs-No, ma'am,
he barks at cats and other dogs.-Asr-
chant IraUeLer.
Now is the time when the small boy in
the country comes into the house with
his hair all wet and tells his mother that
he ran home from school so fast that he
is all perspired. Boston Post.
The price of Circassian girls hes lately
dropped to $600-the lowest figure ever
known. All young men who have been
despising matrimony because wives are
so cheap can now purchase one for about
years salary, and be appy.-BurIing-
ton Free Press.
'Idon't think Pm cranky" said dud-
ish young fellow, but when l go out
with my dog, and hear man whistle
and | look around, and he says he was
whistling at the old dog and not the
puppy, think it is time was asserting
my rights. Merchant. TrGUeler.
"In Siberia you can purchase wife
for eight dogs" AS long as girls can be
had for the asking in this country, very
few of our young men will go to Siberia
to procure wife. And one who has
seen a Siberian wife will wonder why
they come 50 terribly high.-Norristo'on
Herald.
1t is said that as late as the latter part
Of the thirteenth century, ''the upper
classes in Europe ate whales for dinner"
1t is not stated, but we should think one
whale would not only make dinner for
the largest family in Europe, but there
would be enough left over to warm up
for next mornings Observation-Disclosures
tOton Herald
A messenger hoy recently fell off the
roof of a very high building up town.
but was not hurt at all 1t seems when
he fell he was asleep, and the slowness
which characterizes him when on life
and death errands didn't desert him.
In fact he dropped to the ground 50
slowly and softly, that when he landed
he was not awakened, but went right
on dreaming until policeman aroused
/ him Puck
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-07-02
MOMENTS FOR MERRIMENT.
STORIES THAT WILL DRIVE DULL
CARE AWAY.

NOGreat LOss-Over the FenCe-Hire
HeIp-TOO TOugh-New Cent and a
Quarter Pieces.
A gentleman bought newspaper and
rendered in payment piece Of forty
sous.
The newspaper woman-"I / haven't
the change; you can pay me as you pass
along tomorrow"
The gentleman" But suppose I
should be killed today"
The newspaper woman - "Oh, it
wouldn't be very great lossV-Paris
VT.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-07-02

A chants acquaintaince-an introduo-
ton to a pretty member of the choir
Hartford journal.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-05-10
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

The Sultan of Turkey takes the Amer
police" papers.
Frank James, of fame as bandit, is a
lion at Boonville, Mo-, being the guest of
lone of thhe most respected citizens"
there.
There is poetic justice in the son of
Justice Joseph Story creating the statue
to Chief Justice Marshall that is to be
unveiled in Washington next Saturday.
Marie Booths suit against Agnes
Booth to recover part of the property
left by Junius Brutus Booth the plain
tiff's father had been compromised in
Boston. The terms have not been made
public.
Mr.. Froude has been out of health for
some time past, and as soon as he has
completed the revision of the proof
sheets of the concluding volumes of his
Life of Mr.. Carlyle" he will start on a
voyage around the world. He proposes
to pass some time both in America and
/ III 1llSlId11d.
| Mr.. Page McCarty is the most promi-
nent candidate for delegate-at-large from
Virginia to the Chicago Convention, his
prestige as the successful editor of the
party organ, which was established by a
vote of the last State Convention, giving
him safe and honorable lead. There is
no doubt whatever of his election as one
of the four. The coming convention
will meet at Richmond May ii.
Truman Smith, of Stamford, Conn.
the oldest ex-United States Senator. died
on Saturday, at the advanced age of o.
years. He entered Congress in 1899,
where he continued four terms and he
was elected to the Senate in 1S49. He
was one of the leading factors in the
nomination of General Taylor for Presi-
/ dent in 1S4S, and was then. next to John
NJ. Clayton, the most potential Wing
leader of the country.