Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1871, Page 2

FROM TENNTSON'S ispered among th ves had been ho; -—the wife wes smell as of alarge wash, probal the Soedibonea ty tee . He put his right leg foremost, savor, of roasting goose of Pipeclay Alle: — = — ‘thou, ked pork an: potatoas. greeted his nastrils matur- bject of dimner, and it it some misgiving that he entered le as well as fashi ighbors to belon; himeelf from bis SPECIAL .NOTICES. ve been exceeding! © proffered invitation. Te few, quiet did mot which Twinkleton inasmuch a8 glad to acce thon, ee earecs ran. v to wi Indianians repose thelr ‘& “tired nature's sweet restorer, ral cases have been re some timid and supersti ba bly from too many nerves, ible to rest on her couch, mps‘‘the witches brief and fitful naps me stole at intervals trom ted imagination. The services of the tor” were employed to exorcise the sual mummery, he therefrom a dozen or atamadjacent of sixpence. per, ‘ter ban all memor' tham any yearnings after thes Watched from this Befor- Tsolt of Bri Would that have chi RR, Native Wine Bitters, Peuneylvania avooue. eck for a speci k “A.gime prior | torescue the twins beiore any harm large goose and & o iad ery mes t0 made in it¥. duri which her wearit y and hopeful | her jan there came” ‘witch r, sensible one, which “reasonabl: ‘througtont his sont expectation at sonl 4 retlection—a id convineed him eee which he had just ie way a spoual ho would ire thei bristmas ¢1 throu; cold atmosphere 7 again, with the sole objeetof re- » pantry, and | storing to the bosem of their fa | ton’s twins? T ntion to keep up the char- / business had a poor litfle tailor istmas-days by roasting this | unfortunate Tim knew well the heartle | the outer world, and rightly guessed that such | | would be the observation of many when they came to a knowledge of his mishap. Then sup- pese the twins should die of starvation on the Foad, even if they esca; luggage, would he, Tim | before the magistrate on a charge of manslaugh- Here was another ter Was the good name of himse!/ <ged through the slough ot of his imaginings was more orrible than the last, and scemed to give fresi: impetus to his heels; for in pace as he approached th footsteps grew more rar That's the man; loud voice in Twinkleton’ Involuntarily he turned, or bride Kiss? her father’s Twira] ast, weeded there? leton ked very much as ‘quite of his wife's opinion, and did not enter » and, after thi d the bed and took = which Peat em oe of feath t skilful band, It t hard} “witch doctor” got the credit of having elected an important cure. real thing about the whole affair, the ble evidence of the operation of’ the witches, was the feather balls found in the bed and which, as noone could account for ther reasonably, snperstition at once attributed ind of weird and fearful prowlers o the midnight air whom the it was with much jubilation on the part of the family—and more es ereof_that a the night betore “* Whose is that basket of thi ee irs. T. made “Oh, my dear, U'd almost forgotten that! It’s Cheimstord w plied. peciall; we fat bin ua back ki in Mr. Twinkleton’s hhmble establish- ment had to serve as wash-house, | Seullery. 1 Tehad been the acter of previous C magnificent cuntous gift of the hangs. that heal’é agent and carese— I wish ‘Than having Known ‘To pine and waste in © were Peotmy Mark Are noble, I should bat Tristram’s Dream. pace the strand of Britanny » Britain and his bride, both the rnby chain, and bot: Bexan to sirnggle for it, till bie qneen Graapt it so hard, that ‘These be no rubies. this t= frozen Dleod. ithin her hand —perhand is hot es but this I gave thee, look te plunge oF, tod, hast thow left } oie and back weet memorir<? with an effort,” and only wants haste, I dare say I could the mid-day train. There's alway e about twelve o'clock on Suudays, and the Christmaseday trains is just like Sundays’, ain't they? swell, ‘Tim, if you were to run to the station with it, it'd be off our hands, without fear of the children tumbling the clothes, wouldn't it?” Mr. Twinkleton acknowledged that it would, and at once ran down stairs to see how long it He was no sooner down, in, with the intimea- enty minutes; so he issing his wife with ‘the room, and, : os tine to te done is to cleanse the vwels from all dis phecy, Mrs. Twinkleton, while the Chelmsford washing over- night, bad had a presentiment (though she kept it to herselt) that for once the pleasant annual custom would be suffered to lapse. The good | lady who was acting as nurse u her virtues the artof cooki: Twinkleton knew this, and that prob: nee, his wife would insist upon the anging" for a few days, until she was { give the directions necessary for the | preparation of such an important dinner. Was, therefore, with misgiving rovided for tim th tside the door ani inserted the key in stomach and slime, which is Dot »d people of Mas. » hang and drown t the explanation of the formation of thes balls is very simple, and when once understoo:i on that the witch-hauated house has her own careless waysto thank for the fright and discomfort. Mr. H. Starr, feather renovat: East street, this city, exhibited t day a large box full he had taken from beds sent to him to be They were of di trom the size of al mon loaf of bread. Mr. balls to pieces to display their ‘ anatomy. ‘They were all formed upon strings or threa is 0 pieces of cloth, the largest one upon the le; an old woolen stocking. When the bed “ tic are made a raw edge is sometimes carelessly lef i g hemmed under mg threads of the ngled in the feath ‘od. Look, her hand is red! ion, be brought nd decay in the whole system. mt the Liver of ail cisomsmd bi ed there. and rouse it a by which natural and rhaps murder? “ol nnd white as any Mower.” dw rush of eagh and wife to be dra; wanted to the hour. however, than he was m that it only wante ought to be oft directly. much effusion, he hurried fr haste, almost stumble who was on her way to Mrs. T. good ministering angel as she was orthodox basin of gruel before her. «- Where's the twins’ father, seeing the abigai cumbrance save the comforting preparation be- fore mentioned. “Oh, they're all right,”’ the good creature re- + P've just hushed "em off, and Ive left perin c Becaare the twain had spoil 'd her carcanet. TIM TWINKLETON’S TWINS. “Well, ma’am, what is it?” inquired Tim, late the crust of bread-and- batter at which his teeth had been nervously past twenty minutes. ad of decreasing in 3 to what had erent sizes, ran, ege to that of tarr took several of the vt ere his seattere] 1a knowledge of who had spoken, able had seized hima secarely by ¢ collar, angl, drawing his statt.had whisper.«i ‘Tim that if he dido’t “it'd be the worse for hi man; Re cam ed undue approhen- nt Mes. T. bad,coun- | aused some steak Lough the exe termanded the goose, she had nibbling for t «- Oh, sir, it's twins!” nt Org a prepare thr ” inquired the anxious | digestion, and ultimately make it was free from any in- upon the table, with a hage p forth such a fregrant steam that impregnate the atmosphere of the a and made the juvenile wir chairs, and seat them: the festive board almost ere their jc had taken off the woollen comforter that ha: encompassed hi exclaimed Tim, «i with the double blessing that had fallen upon the matrimonial hearth. Now Mr. Timethy Twinkieton wa® by trade a journeyman tailor, and as Tellow as the sun shed light upom that Christ- mas morning. His sympathies were as warm as | the irons he used, his temper was as equable as the animals from whose the material upon which he worked, and his heart was as staunch in the cause of friendship as the seams and hems issuing from his nimble As fitting reward for his kindness and ‘im was blessed with a partuer in every way worthy of him, who strove with all her might and main to render his humble abode in Pipeciay Alley, Whitechapel, as pleasan’ as his scant earnings truthful were the remarks constantly bors, that Mrs. Twinkleton half’ a sovereign than most praised her economical tact could accomplish with fifteen shillings. And it was not alone in the judicious spending of her husband's money (for every woman can do that with more or less leton’s virtnes as a wife were conspicuous. The cleanliness and neatness of her external appear- ance were reflected in ber home. If you had me to the cottage of some rural plowman, resh and sparkling with the honor of havin, t one of those curious agricultur: associations where they reward particular quali- possessed by certain persons—just as at the Agricultural Hall they distinguish cattle, sheep. pigs, and roots—I defy you to find a home that could exhibit more tidi SS, general ceziness than that in which Mr., Mrs., the little Twinkletons lived, moved, and ide instead of b From this raw edge the st ticking ravel out, become en ers, and, with the motions of the occupants ‘oll up into balis. simple process. The quiliend of a feather enters the tangled mass; the plumes slope back- | ward toward the tip, ike the barb of a fish-hook and preyent the feather from backing out of the difficulty, and every mot im just as f was the doors, and wished particularly to pod-hearted a little mace sertaned te the dies«aed lun anes tubercles, recognizing the surly ton ad been in @ harry w to the Chelmford ceeded yet in accom- | “And the twins—are they all | right The tall policeman gave the hand that grasped ‘Tim's collar such a peculiar twist that Little tailor was nearly wiirled o1f his tect. “I caution you not to may be taken down in evidence agin yer.” “Oh, you wretch ! and they were twins, too, he rh I've had a good bit of experience in family myself, as now—yet [never see two mote like {ici rn Naturally enough, Mr. T.’s greater pleasure than wing had a lar; La © expectoration, when o eat healing and pa of Se uimonic Syrup, that all wlosrs ant cavities are healed up sound, aud my paticnt is et "The essential thing to be done in curing Ooms ppetiteand a good dig In flesh and get at: was natarally the nurse, who ‘orming the children that there tally, Mr. T., but she's better mot go up to sec not; anl how’s the twins?” haven't cried since you've been away.” me!” said Mr. Twinkleton, speaking fect din of kuives aud forks; for the chiléren had had thei ened by the anticipation of the pudding, and roper thing to do was to get rid of speedily as possibl.-. They seem to be very quiet, good children, | “Perfect little angels, 'y coats was derived n drives it further in. goes ng as the bed is occu pled, and we are informed that the balls some- limes grow enormonsly large. Some of the balls thus formed were as smooth- Ty, compactly and neatly rolled up as they could | possibly have been done by a det of them were not sperical, but more of a thick biseuit, and the feathers | curled around the sides that their was at once su, eyes beamed even before at hearing froma one who was ity on such matters, and | bastemed down the stairs with even sly. Om again lool he found that, if he wanted to he would have to run with his ut- “Getting on cw tion is to get uj “ Ob, certain), ik, @05 what you say would permit; | mid-day train, ir senses sharp- _ The words were evidently spoken by a female his head as tar round as the ibie’s knuckles would allow, Tim wa3 tounded to see that a numerous but not select party of hooting boys and dirty men and women were following him with menacing “What's the charges?” inquire: very a ive of design, an could Go more wi examination of them showed that every one was formed upon a thread or string which had become tangled among the feathers, and had grown by the process we They were composed ot different kinds of feathers, some soft and some downy. others hard and stiff, sh likely to be formed inany ‘This explains away the witchery of ana beds, but will probably not interfere much with the humbugging business of the negro witch doctor; for, when people are simple and | superstitions enough to get bewitcl days, their fancies, headed off in one will take another, and crop ont in some whim equally a» absurd as witeh-bal at; for bad not Mrs. Twinkleton sard it was positive assertion ot such a wo- not leave the smallest scope for doubt. tale tailor therefore wound a woolen scart about his neck—for there was a sharp east i blewing—and without removi i stretched over the basket of clo’ set off ata god round trot on his way to the statio: In this place it s1ould be recorded that Mr« Twinkleton’s cleanliness, combined with a skil! in the matters of ¢lear-starching and mang! , that was really marvelous, was the means. 0! bringing to her such a quantity of work that sh. was, in a measure, enabled to choose her custu- wored by Mrs. T. was th: voice; and turnin, constal thought the pi the steak and he fy Sag he Figen A ‘onaumption, and ‘person | lunge are not entirely dectroved, oF oe if there eal up.there | right?” and the ad if th iia W costone ie enomch vitality Seen many persons cured with only one life to a good old age. edicines will do to cure 1 clean out the stomach ty got np a good si ines whe nesta te r, I think,” said the woman, casting a ‘radiant amile upon thc parent of the blessings referred to. Mr. Twinkleton contented himself with the ease) that Mrs. Twink- “Oh, you know weil enough, I dessay; why, abandoning o' hinfants, in course: anda good job for you it’s no worse,” replied ked the rough The mention of t, Whatever misfortunes might they were at least er word, he accompa- | lerk to the sta- A lang, live and ene henck's ort and give Nature the ass , em of all the disease that is in the luners ever the form may be Tt is important that cines, care should be ox perfectly satis at§ which the ton assembled young Twink te tly, first at each other, aud ther at their papa, and at once began to surrepti tously deliver sundry and promiscuous kiek- | ‘Tim inwardly for his intelligen convinced him t have occurred to his pro, alive; so, without anot mers. Among those family of a tradesman formerly carry business in Shoreditch, but now retired, and resi- It was somewhat of an inconvenience to get the clothes up to town, and then to send them back a distance of miles; but as the young ladies of the fumily clared that nobody starched like Mrs. Tim, #!most begged that that estimable woman wy still consent to employ her skill on their apy the little tailor’s wife was virtually acquiesce in an arrangement that ca casionally some extra trouble, but tor which yho fourd compensation in charging a traction more for every article than any other , ever ventured to do. With a merry heart, and whistling the choru» song, Mr. Twinklcton ran thro: Whitechapel at a sharp trot, aati the heavy pile of building known as Shoreditch Station loomed before him. @ bit too much haste; for a» he entered the Looking-oftice the clerk was about to close fh rs. ** Now theg, where's that washing to go 2” {n- , whose business for the day was over as soon as the Chelmsford train was «is- atched, and who was therefore determined that that occasion the train should not be tate in starting. The official, indeed, hesitated fora m>m>pt as to whether punctuality shonid not for ouce take the place of couftesy; but hisiil humor was iipated when he saw Twinkletop 5 Tory face and cheery smile beam'n, © Well, as a special favor, I don fug it," mattered the clerk, who smeticd roast air, anf was atraid his overdone if he didn't hastea hom’ However, Twinkleton was in such a happy "t care whether the clerk made tt a special favor or merely a matter of , 80 tong as the clothes were dis fore, without being or humiliated by the other’s gruffneas, he bad him the customary Christmas salutation, aad mae his way homeward just as the church fo! were issuing from their places of worship. “Mow that little matter’s off my mind,” ob- sery dour hero, in reference to the Chelmsfor ' a8 the whistle of the departi» gh the frosty air, almost be! emerged from the yard of the station. hh; but, after making such ai effort, I shouldu’t have liked Mrs. T, to be dis jtreams of people passed him as he made his back to his humble dwelling; but he knew enough that none could be happier than he. and his heart rose in thankf bounteous Creator, whose care and exere s dover rich and poor alike. heard the cheery words, ‘* Merry Christmas!” and his joyous with a yiad “Hear! hear of old folks grown ip, but whose warmth as ever, and noted the modest, do cast looks of maidenbood, blushi: good wishes so plentifully one seemed to have shaken cares and petty ¢' ferences, and to meet of heartiness aud good- P. ‘Tim wasnot by nature an observant man, and but scant attention to mat- ters to which many of his fellow-workers in the shop where he was employed devoted no incon- siderable portion of their time. The industrioas Little tailor didn’t care a litical meetings, but found, with his rapii reasing family, that if he wished to ret to his trim hab- Tim bad noticed that ‘apital bit of steak, Mrs. Tomkins,” said himeelf to wha: rem his family eagerly w ture bethought themselves that sumed brought the suppose, Mrs. "om leton, thoroughly unaware how gri estimation of tie children, he w. able time—1 suppose it woaldn't twins a little bit, would it ma’am?" Mrs. Tomkins smirked, and at the bare id Imirably cooked, | is.—Louiseil!+ | dent at Chelmstord. d upon the dish; while Ing down hillon a cof the New Bediord belles he Twinkletons and the Twin ered is Tar more liable te = longing to the police f codfish enjoy it. .” continued Mr. Tw iy the "ware fr ye Tnnes are wd there imminent dan Hence it ie that § AgAINSt ©x posit Consomptives’ Tn: fb ANCE IFE INSURANCE © wWoccupy the lower i tL NY, two floors of which each house in the alley c sisted, the Twinkletons managed, with less t that amount—every source of income told—to keep: the whole of No. 6. a little back room to a lodg OF NEW JERSEY HOME OFFICE, 178 BROADWAY, N.¥. B.C. FISHER, | prancn orrice | tered the station w find that the et, with the twi in, had preceded h as though in add 4 gone through, he gravy wouldn’t do | tor enduty an old c | who always special Pp of such a thing; Mr. Twinkleton hadn’t dove with his joke and resumed, much to the jannoyance of th: children, who were now getting thorough!y im. | a little bit of the ‘Mrs, ‘Lomkin: ‘The worthy Mis. Tomkins at this y contain herself no longer, but, intmy of laughter, bid Mr. Twinkteton + tever that might m They didn’t even let no. they kept the might, in short, have been regarded as the aristocrats of the dis? J triet; and how ever Mrs. T. such a family too! undress, to ber ty to subsdte iuflammati: 7 of provoking it. as many of the faculty di 0t, ep. Post (fice tal for what he MAROHE, Gou'l Managers. ng to the inspac- mer oi his employer's, raises) Tim's workiman- ip, and tusisted upbn being measured for clothing by Twinkleton alone. tthe old geatloman was id bad just casually wristmas greeting when the prisoner Twiukleten was brought in. But for the presence of the old genticman poor Sim ‘might have had to spe within the walls ot the si however, belriended him; aud theplrewd intel- igence of the in=pecto " acquaintance, soon gr: exposed to the bitin winds of Spring or of Winter or the ch It should be care ‘he as a mystery to everybody. trons—and there were Alley—could not fathom d by those living without the charmed circle. Still, it may be safely haz- arded that Mrs. Twink Invites Particular Atte its Special and Pop- * ch in Pipecla: can hardly be ex, without its cnre ender almost any cir an impossibility. ‘person should be kept on s wholesome and aud all the Medicines continued joas restored to it the natural quan jesh and atrength. myeelf cured by this treatmont of the worst Consumption, and have live! ts wet fat and hearty these man er than those of the inspector’ a's industrious into give him a utritions dict, | Gintil the body “do they look, inustn’t he, my precionse s ‘The latter paré of this sentence was addres to the uneonseioes twins: and while uttering it Mrs. Tomkins turned in her chair, as thoagh ox lings to make some sign of ng with her, and offering « silent protest te the invitation of their Not sccing her “ preeionses ” (the word had ural number by Mrs. m order to mect the exignucirs Of the occasiod). she rone to her feet and went intothe next room. returned, and, spoahimg ta the euli ’ oved atu basket with th Simbap ere the words liad quiltedher lips, dropped his knife and fork, and gazed irom Ms. and from the children | that while Mr. T. made the outer habiliments ot and starened | iiiments were great measure eonstructed to conceal. Ln | , @ neat card in the ground-floor iront-room dow of the Twinkleton sanctuary conveyed the intelligence to the outside world that Mrs. T. asher-woman; while a small painted ing just beiow the first-floor win- ; Im equally lucid terms to the fact that'the mysterious operation known as “man- - Ee admiring pla bers, Mr. and Mrs. Twinkleton vied with each | ether im industry. They were never idie—that ‘ation of the term; for | y took their family out on yet their little trips were generally so contrived that the leasure and instruction from their excursions, combined with fresh, healthful breezes. he minds of both’ Mr. and Mrs. Twinkleton practical; and so it came about rs, with one jung mostly sands since, an ver; ave been cured by this treatment whom About the firet of October I expect totake poses. my new building. at the northeast ewrner of ‘where Lskall be pleased to ro may require it. Full directions accompany that a person in cuted by a strict Fourth —AN! of ite Pol are absolately Non Pifth.—It Dividends aro declared Annually wpou jon plan, and are non I restriction apon —Iv allows Tlirty D: pecting the mute 6 thoroughiy. coinei: ped tke real facts of the way clerk's statgment wag,to the oner had been terribly amxious Vasket, aud that it was only im- medigtly prior to its being tossed into the Lug- | gage-van or the train that the twins gave token Search was at once made for ) Tim, but his haste to get back to the bosom of Lis family rendered any endeavor to discover hin: | in the preeincts of the rtation pertecily useless. , Then it was that the twins were given into the care of a constable, and the quick official zeal ot jonary at once saw that the prisoner had made an attempt to abandon his ofispring. Tim's explanation of these matters was su satls- | Jaetory that bis triend, the oid gentleman, was willing to be bail tor him to any amount! and , half an hour's conversation, the sttair enced by Tim’s being aijowed to march off in triumph, bearing beth the Ciclmsford wash- ing and the twins with him. in order to recognize police force, insisted on handing the constable # gratuity of five shillings; aud 4s a compensa- the hour at whieh he had | ine, an equal sum was ten- dered to, and accepted by, the railway clerk. nerosity end hi wn the street, w: clasping his precions burden, and with a considerable sprinkling of the crowd that had accompanied him ¢0 the station jecring in his rear, be insisted on making the little tailor enteracab. Paytng the driver witha liberality ‘ that caused the Jehu to res) hat, the old gentleman bade the twins as rapidly as he could to Pipeclay Al- ley; and then, wishing Mr. Twinkicton a merty mixing him private order ! en Tim liked, the old gentit- yay as Jight-hearted and merry as ‘n instead of sixty winters Under these favora- conditions, it was not long ere Tim found himself once more face to face with Mi kins and his little ones. Of course Twinkleton’s first Inquiry was for his wife, and a load seemed lifted off when he heard that she was stil! asleep, and | therefore tinconscious of what had happened to is nurse, when she saw | from the cheeker: 4 Urace in the igith.—Its Charter permits it to make invast- ice. ments in any ection of t ‘all my Ramedics, so coined into the ne anit its does in cies, thereby rendering itm Home Company everywhere, ag of the sanae a. Seaweed Tonic, | dozen. Mandrake | je by all druggists and dealers, | “THOMPSON LILLY & CO., 26 Hanover street Baltimoré, Md., Whelesale Ag Of their presence. expecting to den mood that he did: » ina! Which of you bas mw the common acce 4 of Directors for this cit eae Talk wi om before you insure a Tomkins to the chi to Mrs. Tomkins, with nonce that made the nurse titsh to his side api § Len & Perrins’ Sance. Prononnced by Connoisears “THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE.” s appetite and digestion, and it is an j \REAT REDUCTION IN PRICES were eminently that, prior to these periodical ones found that the lessons taught them by rt when the da: cone took rather a peculiar form. if a visit to the Zool about a fortnight before the antici istory—more espec! to the better-known ami rominent in their studies. Now Twinkleton becomes natural ‘rebuilt, that Bless me, Mr. Twinkicton! you ain't asket ! what basket 2" gasped Tim. WHOLE LINE Why, the clothes basket that stood there b the cluck. 1 put ’em there because they teil asleep, and it being close by the tire, | knew they'd be ail right.” A loud groan His old frieni, te all jes making « i prosecnte all parti Sons D the efficiency of the | just in time, thon; ral Gardens was im con- ‘winkleton’s would find, STOCK eseaped Twinkleton’s ti | ti for missin, ‘Then, with his face Of an ashy paleness, preiat appointed to lendid Hair By fate beer that natural splen: abl re in the world woman! that basket contained the | OVERCOATS, gone of by the mik- ‘ulness to the GLENGARY OOATS, It followed, asa while the yout a4 with Tiated eye tigers, Papa or mamma caused ' tion to a.*¥me an interrogative form, and that | were expected to | nad famed tae tations | frie ‘rs. Tomkins, without a word, “ What—what's to be done?” leton. “ Why don’t you speak, Mrs. Tell me. somebody, what done ‘The children, open-mont |, Sank into s } REVING JACKETS, DOVBLK BREASTED BOX GOaTs, DRE®S SUITS, BUSINESS SUITS, OFFICE sUiTe, WORKING SUITS irits respond the childres S00M fo anewer inquires that ot rain geome The Juvenile recollections | were at ane eee, an! the sionally puzzling; but, on ws proved satisfactory to Mrs. T., who would | reward cach successful response with a hearty, | sounding kiss that did one T. was proud of her children; and ivaey of her chamber, or the crowded fash- ionable haunts of the xpenn} in Victoria Park on a Sunday afternoon, would prophecies relative to the tfully touch bis | TUURSTON'S IVOBY PEARL TOOTH Pow with as much im drive Tim and E DER In haat article for clennning 42 eet. Suid by all dragetste Price JOUVEN S INODOROUS KID Git led gloves equal tonew ul fancy goods dealers. Price, hed, gaze with sur- their elders; but in answer to their: uiry as to what was to be done, jit was on the lips of at least seven out of the ten, that perhaps the best thing to be done, under the circumstances, was to take up the puddi: “ Can't—can’t you telegraph !” suggested griet-stricken Tomkins. ““Pelegraph, ma’am! they can’t send ‘the twins back on'the top of the wire. { The unbay py Temkins groaned alond; then, ing herseif backward and forward in the rocking-chatr, began to weep copiously. ppointihent at the non-appearance of the at the rapid change in their thy with that Ni jord in the hearts of and with one consent they barst into a biubb: which, being uttered in Yarious keys, according to the aye of the juveniles, had an éftect neither harmonious to the ear nor pleasing to the eye. ‘The bereaved father was the first to speak. replies occa- to be executed DIAGONALS, B On one common . fellowship. CHT AWAY Coats, iq@erp BONDS. was able to bestow YOUTHS OVERCOATS, YOUTHS PRESS SUITS, YOUTHS BUSINESS SUITS. BOYS’ OVERCOATS, BOYS’ DRESS STITS, BUYS’ EVERYDAY SuITS atter the most glowing future of her offspring. It is com that seomeother mothers are net lac! respect; but Mrs. T. did not mince the matter by merely notifying the fact tober husband; she | generally on such occasions just where the crow: conelusion of her prophecy would took round defiantly, as though daring any one ate her claims to f so conspiconsty displayed about trades uni DURING THE PAST FEW WEEKS whelming sym roclaimed her wt- kins, struck ac! was the thickest, the twins had not sutferes events of the day, gave vent to a flood of teal clings immensely. had a few tears to ine of happiness business and naught else. , those who were most strenuous in their adve- | cacy of the rights of labor generally sought thelr reqitirements in the cheapest marke ti ed them at a price whic! THE DEMAND FOR that seemed to Then, of course, the childre bat at last the sun spread itselt over the little room, and it wa: of the ability by the fruit of DRY GOODs. JsONEPH J.NAY'S PARIS KID GLOTE Peror, MAYS BUILDING 939 Press a Avener, betweom Sth and Wik streets, B7-On band the lareest and opmplate at of the best gua tiy PARIS KID OL Ot ED ce bs found Tetail house im tbe Fnited Statme . atrangere ed cori: wlictted to call and welock thea DRESS GOODS, DRESS GOuDS DANse UveDs. PRICES OREATLY CRD, PRICES GR ¥ REDUCED PRICES GREATLY REDUCED S7LTONS BLAO! ROS GRAIN SILKS greet galitics hs si 2,825, Gta. 2 75 and $3 " Wooten by fis All he mew aud mont costumes at greatly redu: 939 Penna. Sosten sy. mar between eb and luk ate. BF We are agents for the ole of Mows Oplyke & 00. Jobratad brands of BL AF PACAS BUFFALO” sot the BEA Prices trom § cents to $1.25 por ys 4 JUSEPA J MAT MOURNING in’ Bink Drag Lrpin « Black 5 . ny a Bem a Brench * al e cloth which is nsec Serges. Black 8 e fe and a Mec and upwards, clegapt Ling Spel Ostton ; New York i Gent MESTIC GOOD: Cottons, Calionrs Ginghame, Fisnpels, Blankets, Shawls, Cassiineres, Wein ay GOODS: Biack Silke, Velveteens. Satins Cloths, Poplin erinoes, Plaids, Alpacas, Rpiag lines SUNPRIBS: Motions, Hosiery, es, Under wear, Bandkerchicfs, Spool Cottons, Spoul Silks, Buttons LINENS: Damaske, Diapers. Shirtings, Collars, ‘Cufis, Cambrice Nepkins. Dorties ne, eae = 0 PRICE TO ALL BOGAN &@ WYLTB. dec? if and 1020 Th atrest 8 Oates 2 CARPETS!! CARPETS (tt MESSES. WOLFORD & SHILBER@ fw te cal! the mitention of the gensral prbilo te ATTRACTIVE STOCK or FALL CARPETS, At the following low rater: Best styles ENGLISH BRUSSELS, from @i to $1.0. ean designs in THRER-PLYS, from $1.45 to Choice patterns "IMMTATION ERUSSELS, & te © cents per yant. All-woot INGRAIM TAPESTRY FINISH, from % cents to G1 2. Good quality INGRATNS, @ to 5% cents ALL LIST HOME MADE CARPET, 0 comnts Bost HEMP CARPET, % conta | Hine of 8-8 to 10 LOTHS, range: arge line of 8-8 to 10-4 OL OLO aed p01 CLOTH aud VERVET BUGS, MATTIN Aso, A heavy stock of FOREIGN AND DOMESTIO DEY-GOUDs, is offered at the LOWEST MARERT FIGURES. | AM goods at this establishment are | scld 20 per eent. lessthan at any he A call is respectfully sclicked before purchasing clowhere. S7 REMEMBER, ‘ THE ABOADR, 27 7th street, Island, oct between D and | BOOTS AND SHOES. FoR LADIES, GENTLEMEN, MISSEs, BOYS, AND CHILDREN. | Weare dasty in rocoipt of the most approved styioe | FALL AND WINTER WEAR, PACIFiC GOLD! her unlon with Mr. Twinkleton. Mrs. T., whose personal appearance it is not | the bonds of propriety to buxom, were 80 manifest that those of | her husband stood a good chance of being un- recognized, save by those who knew him inti- | mately. Tim unquestionably lacked the fine pro- |, when he stood in | is boots—and they were male with rather high | could not attain an altitude of | more than five (cettwo inches. But though his | arance Was not so striking as that of his vet bis heart was quite as big, and he was never tired of trying to inculcate into the minds of his children principles of rectitude, charity, a it would have done credit io naion than the ba; py it made to the the Ee ogg ap wondertul how everybody cheered up whe: ven by Mrs. ‘Lomki nsate those engaged in their mag- \ irs, “Fomnin be as weil to have im the Etecture; while he had also thought it strange that occasionally those who, when ina bumble capacity, had been the first to complain of arro- and lack of consideration on the cir superiors, were, when chance eleva them in position, far more tyrannical and se! fish than those whom they had erstwhile calam- as Tim obtained a fair day's jay"s work, he did not wish to ith any doctrines of political economy. Direct from his labor to his home, the dwell- ers in Pipeclay Alley knew toa moment when Mr. Twinkleton would make his appearance, irked, if a fortune depe: ity, he could not have been more ex- act. But though he paid lit toek place out=de ENGLISH, FRENCH AND AMERICAN CASSI MEKE PANTALOUNS, “Come, come,” he said, ¢ must go to the station, and se to Chelmsford. P. there, the children wil! intimation was probably "twoul there’s another must hire a trap, and go aps, however, when I get ave been smothered; or | f they’ve shoved the clothes in a luggage van, anda heavy box or | »p of em, why, they'll | ST talk like that, Mr. Twinkleton !” roared Mrs, Tomkins, in a parox- ysm of emotion. “Oh. my darling litte pre- Owing to the grief occasioned by the loss of their newly-born brothers, the g ! anything of the Christmas delicacy the indefatigable Mrs. Has been daiiy increasing. and hoiders of FIVR- ‘TWENTIBS continue to manif-st tho fullest confi A. STRAUS, POPULAK CLOTHING HOUSE. 1011 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, Between 10th and 11th streats Three Doors from 1th street provided for them. bi ‘Tomkins, but, as that dding’s one of those things which and so at-last the youthfal inkleton family were allowed to satisfy their appetites. Then came such a clatter of knives, spoons, and forks for the space of ten minutes as has been rarely heard, while Tim looked on with the utmost content ment and gladness. When they had finished their meal, the happy father made his little ones form ‘a circle around bim, and narrated such wonderfal stories relative to the manner in which certain beneficent fairies betriended ‘otions ot his wife; pay for a fair yh! don't, don’t, Do’ rouble himself led too inuch members of the ‘Twi NORTHERN SEVEN | THIRTIES exclatmed our hero, placing | Vz e center rose Of | the hearth-rag, and lovking like a knight of the medieval age ready to do battle fur his Lady. “1 think it woul them as my precioures. SF 8tore open till ¥p.m., and Saturday till lp | late those who have no time to pur | ay ‘& man of far great tenant of # Pipeclay Keterence has bee oi chase during the OROBALSAMINE:! Prof. OLDBERG. of the Pharmeceutical D: By the exchange of large smounts of Governments: | called in for redemption, into thene securities, ‘The Bonds are seenred beyond all question by a | attention to what home, ‘Tim's eyes were not shut to the beneficent intlaence exercised ty the advent of Christmas. r et to describe You were so confound- edly caretul of them that you must needs cover them over with the eilcloth, as though the bu | Gotten up with a particutar rogard to quality and i Hi workmanship. AT PRICES TO SUIT TRE TIMES, eeS0-tr 903 PI REAL ESTATE AGENTS. W. HAVESSER @ ©0., j FLVANIA AV BSUS i firet and only mortgage on the Road, its entire roll- stated. In brief, they amounted, on Christmas obtdient and dutiful children that each juvenile eve, Is—, to exactly de fwinkleton retired to bed with a full resolution to prove worthy of the patronage of the whole “The twins haye now become fine, heald h they display a wi Re | games and all out-dear iaconce tit | ket beld nothing but the washing. didn’t look to see what there was underneath,” « Oh, Twinkleton, Twinkleton!” Tomkins, removing trom her ron that she was using to stanch the visib! et of her emotion, “I did not expect re- ; roaches from you, after preparing the dinner, Why, ‘twas because I might be ‘ have time to cook the steak atecly that I Mrs. Twinkleton’s wish, and bushed { Picea Ob,, Twinkleton, this is indeed eould get no further; a flood of | tenn ated her eyes, arid she could say m0 bie the number of feet | en Mr. Twinkleton’s height was that is to say, there were four boys. it was the contemplation of these ten little artisticall) | img stock and 50,000,000 acres of the Snest land | We do not hesitate to commend these Bonds to our | 7 , fiends and the public, and no stronger proof of | thelr popularity could be offered than the sales | during the first week of the present month, which, notwithstanding the disturbances [mg monetary fairs, EXCEEDED THOSE OF ANY SIMILAR ish lads; and thou; perhaps occasioned first day of their ex! reparations are pew msnufactured ful supervision of Prof. at | | wwnien CRENICAL BOROBALSAMINE, |) physicians fc ore AT marketable securities received in exchange. } Wull particulars farnished by She Inggnee-vap, em Fonte fi HROUGH Feak + (Bee .. and for &, | PREVENTION OF NONTAGION IN BPr | Votuntary Stanyatios I) ‘ oy Hayotng.—A fu F ae [ ‘ | STATE AND NOTH BRO oe ip AUCTIONERKS, No. 643 LOUISIANA AVENPE, ‘Tune Door East op Scvantu Staeer. ERs, ‘We kare the followmg sums to lend en real setate: 15.000, AND REAL SSTATS ACERT fi | E fF 4 i $ i ! rh il trom the room and up the count a dozen. ‘ERP & SONS GENUINE PRNANIVRS. 3 “MORUN & CO.’8, cuusylyauia aveuue, See | ([PSE OREAT PREVEATIVE OF CHILLS, 3 | F. X. DOOLEY'’S | TONIC KLIXIR OF CALISAYA. | oe o nod eact 34 ot. Bol, US" Druagisies Bos ave. bon. 0 ond ats A. Crutchet, Druggict, Anscostia, D. U. omer