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MARRIAGE FOR WORLDLY GAIN Continued from Firat page. a n d w o m e n . Tbe two m o s t lordly resid e n c e s in w h ich I w as ever a g u e s t had m o rning a n d evening p r a y e r s , all the employes p r e sent, an d a ll d a y Ion\ there was a n a i r of c h e e rful p iety in * '.onversation a n d behavior. L o r d Radsti>ek carried th e Gospel to th e Russian nobility. L o r d Caven an d L o r d C a irns spent th e ir v a c a tion in evangelistic services L o r d Congleton b e c a m e missionary to B a g d a d . A n d th e C h r i s t w h o was born in a n eastern c a r a v a n s a r y has again and a g a i n lived in a p a lace. I t is a g r a n d th in g to have p lenty o f money, au d horses that don’t com p el y o u to take th e d u s t of 6very lum b e ring a n d lazy vehicle, an d 1 oofes of history th a t give you a g lim p s e of all the past, a n d shelves of p o e tr y tc which jo u m a y go and a sk M ilton o r Tennyson or S p e n c e r or Tom M oore o r Robert Burns to ste p dow n a n d sp e n d an evening w ith y o u . and other s h e lves to which you m a y go w h ile you feel disgusted with the s h a m e of the w o rld, a n d ask Thackery to e x press your c h a g r in or Charles D ickens, to expose th e PecksnifKamsm or T h o m a s Carlyle to t h u n d e r your indignation o r the other s h e lv e s w h e re tlie old g o s p e i w riters s t a n d re a d y to warn and c h e e r us while t h e y o p e n doors into th a t c it y which is so b r i g h t th e noonday su n is abolished. T h e r e is no virtue in o w n ing a horse th a t tak e s four m inutes to go a m ile i f y o u c a n own one th a t c a n go in a l it t le o v e r tw o minutes a n d a half, n o v i r t u e i n running into the t e e t h of a n o r th - e a s t w in d with thin apparel if you enn a f f o r d fu r s no virtue in b e in g poor w h e n y o u can honestly be rich . There are n a m e s of men and w o m e n th a t I have only to mention and th e y suggest n o t o n ly w e a lth but religion a n d generosity a n d philanthropy, such as Am os L a w rence, Jam e s Lennox, P e t e r Cooper W illiam E Dodge, S h a f tesburg, Miss W o lfe a n d M rs. Astor. A re c e n t w r iter says t h a t of fifty leading b u s in e s s m e n in one of our E a s te r n cities, an d o f the fifty lead in g business m e n of our Western citit =, three-fourths o f th e m are Christians. T lie fact is, t h a t a b o u t all the brain and tL<- business g e n iu s is on the side of r e ligion , Infidelity is in c ip ien t insanity. A ll in fidels are cran k s . Many of them ta l k brightly, but yo u soon find that in th e i r m ental m a c h in e r y there is a screw loose. W h en they a r e no t lecturing a g a i n s t Christianity th e y a r e sittint; in barr< o m sqirting tobacco ju ice, and when th e y get m ad sw e a r ti.l th e place i-, s u l p h u r ous. They only talk to keen their c o u r age up an d a t b»-st w ill fw l Uke th e in f i del who b e g g e d to be buried w ith h is Christian w ife a n d daughter. anil w h e n asked w h y h e w a n ted such burial r e plied “ I f t h e r e be a resurrection of t h e good as som e f o lk s a y there will be, m y Christsan w ife a n d daughter will so m e how get m e u p an d take me a lo n g w ith th e m .” M an m a y p r e te n d to despise relig io n , but there a r e hypocrites. The sea c a p tain was rig h t w h e n he came up to th e village on th e sea coast, and insisted o n paying ten d o lla r s to the church a l though he did n o t a tten d himself. W h e n asked his r e a s o n , he said that he h a d been in the h a b it of earring cargoes o f oysters a n d clam s from that place, a n d be found since t h a t church was b u ilt t h e people w e re m o r e honest than they u s e d to be, for before t h e cbun.h was b u ilt h e often found th e load when he cam '1 to count it a t h o u s a n d 1 clam s 6hort. godliness is profitable for both w o r lds. Moat of the g r e a t honest p e r m a n e n t wordly successes a r e by those who re v erence God a n d th e bible, But w h a t I do say is t h a t i f a m a n having n o t h a i g but .‘■ocial p o s itio n and financial r e sources, a w o m a n w h o puts her h a p p i ness by m a r r iag e in his hand re - e n a c ts the folly of A b ig a il when she accepted dissagreeable N a b a l. “ whose p o ssessions were in C a rm e l an d he was very g r e a t , and he h a d I ' \ ^ • -h.-pf and 1 <if>*> goats.’ If there b e - g o x i moral character a< - com p a m ed Jbrj’. a f flu e n t < ircum stances I congratulate.you. If not, let the m o r n - - ing lark Sy-clear o f the rocky m o u n tain eagle. T h e s a c rifice of woman on th e altar of social an d financial expectation is c ruel and stu p e n d o u s . I sketch y o u a scene j o u h a v e m o re than onc>- w i t nessed. A com fortable home w ith nothing m o r e th a n ordinary su r r o u n d ing bu t a n a t t r a c t i v e daughter carefu lly and christianly reare d From the o u t side w o rld cam e in a m an with n o th in g but m o n ey, unle?3 you count profan ity and selfishness as a part of hi3 posses sion. He h a s his coat collar turned u p when there is no chill in the air but l-e- cause it gives h im an air of ab a n d o n , an eyeglass, n o t because he is n e a r sighted but because it guies a classical appearance, a n d w ith an attire som e w h a t loud, a can e thick enough to be the c lub o f H e r c u les and clutched a t t h e middle, hi3 conversation interlarded with French p h r a s e s inaccurately p r o nounced and a sw eep of m a n n e r in dicating t h a t h e wan not born like m o s t folks b u t t e r r e s t r ia l ly landed. By a r t s learned of th e d e v il he insinuates him - selt into th e affections of the daughtt r of.that C h ristian hom e . All the kindred congratulate h e r on the almost F'iper natural prospects Reports com» in that the young m a n is fast in hw h a b its, th a t h e lias broken several young hf-artn a i d th a t he ’.3 m e a n and selfish a n d cruel. B u t all th is is covered up w i t h the fact t h a t he has several houses in hia o w n nam e , an d lias large dep sits a t the bank, and. m o re than all, h a s a father w o rth m a n y hundred tho u s a n d dollars and v e r y feeble in h e alth a n d m a y any d a y d r o p off, and this is t h e only son, an d a r o u n d dollar held close to one’s e y e is l a r g e enough to shut o u t a great d e s e r t, a n d liow much m o r e w ill several b u s h e ls of dollars shut o u t. The m a r r iag e d a y comes and goes The w e d d ing rin g waa costly en o u g h and the o r a n g e b lossom s fragrant e n o u g h and th e b e n e d ictio n solemn enough a n d tbe w e d d ing m a r c h stirring enough And th e a u d ien c e shed tears of sy m p a thetic glad n e s s , supposing th a t th e craft c o n tain in g t h e tw o has sailed off on a plueid lak e , although God k n o w s th/it they are l a u n c h e d on a Dead Sea, its w atern b r a c k ish w ith tears a n d gbastly w ith g h a u l y faces of d e s p a ir floating to th e s u r f a c e atid then g o in g down T h e re th e y are. tt:- rp w l y - m arried p a ir i n th e i r new limni* ifp turns out to be a ty r a n t . Her will m nothing, his w i l l everything. L a v ish o f money f o r hiB o w n pleasure, be be grudges h e r t h e p e n n ies he pinchos o u t into h e r t r e m b l in g p a lm . Instead o f t h e bind w o rds s h e l e f t behind in her f o r m e r Home, now th e r e a r e complaint* :mH l^irilt-Snding a n d curse? !!•- **if iiiiis t n an d s h e th e alavr. Tbe w n , - villain on e a r th is th e m an who, h a v in g captured a w o m a n from h e r fa t h e r ’s house a n d after t h e oath of the m a r r i a g e a lt a r has b e e n pronounced, says, by h is m a n n e r if n o t i n w o rds: “ I h a v e y o u now in m y pow e r . W h a t can yo u do? My arm is stro n g e r than yours. M y voice is louder t h a n yours. My fo r t u n e is greater th a n yours. My n a m e is m ightier J t h a n ; yours. Now cro u c h before me like a dog. Now c raw l a w a y from me like a r e p tile You a re n o t h in g but a w o m a n anyhow Down, jo u miserable w r e tch Cun halls of m o s a ic, can long lines o f Etruscan bronze, or statuary by P a l m e r and Pow ers a.nd Crawford and C h a n tr y and C a n o v a, c a n galleries rich from the pencil of B iersladt a n d C h u r c h and Ivenset a n d Cole and Cropsey, could flutes played on by an Ole B u ll o r pianos fingered by a G o ttschalk, o r solos warbled b \ a Sonntag, could w a rdrobes like th a t of a Marie A n to in e tte, could jew e ls like those of a E u g e n ie m a k e a wife in su c h a com p a u ionship happy' Im p risoned in a castle’ H e r gold bracelets are th e chains of a life long servitude. There ir« a sw o rd over h e r ev e r y feast not like t h a t of D a m jc’es s t a y in g suspended but d r o p ping through h e r lacerated heart H e r wardrobe is f u l l o f shrouds for d e a th s which she dies d a ily , and she is buried alive though b u r ie d under g o rgeous u p holstery. T h e re is one word th a t s o u n d s under the arches a n d rolls along th e c o r ridors and w e eps in the falling fo u n tain s and e.. hoes in t h e sh u ttin g of every door and groans in ev e r y note of 6 tringcd an d w ind in s tr u m e n t. “ W o e1 W o e ’\ T h e oxen a n d sheep in olden times b r o u g h t to the temple of J u p i t e r to be sacrificed used to be covered with ribbons an d flowers,ribbons 'in th e horns and f low e r on the neck. B u t t h e tloral and ribboned decoration did n o t m a k e the stab of t h e butchers knife less deathful. a n d all t h e chandeliers you hang over such a wom an and all th e robes w ith w h ich you enw rap h e r a n d all the ribbons w i t h whit h you ad o r n h e r and all the b e w itch ing i harms w ith w h ich you em b a n k h e r f\i.’t5teps a re th e ribbons and flowers of a horrible butchery. A-if to show h o w wretched a good ui'm a n may be in splendid s u rroundings w. h.ivt tw. re c e n t illustrations, tw o ducal [ialac‘ -• in <Jreat Britain. T h e y are the focus of t h e best things th a t a r e possible in art. in literature in a r c h i te c t ure the .i' ( u iu u latio n of other e s t a t f s until their w e a lth is beyond calculation and their g r a n d e u r beyond description. One of the c a stles has a cabinet set w i t h gems that coat •■<2,.r)UU,000 and the w a lls of it bloom w i t h Rem b randts a n d Claudes and P o u s s ins and Guidos a n d Raphaels, and th e r e are S o u thdow n flocks in sum m e r grazing on its law n s and Arab steeds p r a m Ing at the d o o r w ays on the “ f i r s t open day at th e k e n nels. From t h e one castle the duchess has removed w ith h e r children because she ■ can no lo n g e r endure the orgies of her husband the duke, an d in the other castle th e duchess re m a in s confronted by i n s u l ts and abom inations in the presence o f w h ich I do not th in k God or decent society requires a good wom an to r e m a in . Alas for those d u c a l country seats’ T h e y on a large scale il lustrate, w h a t on a'sm a ller scale m a y be seen in m any places, th a t without m o r a l character in a h u s b a n d all the accessor ies of w ealth are to a wife’s soul ta n t a l - ization and m o c k e r y . W h en A b igail finds Nabal, h e r husband,beastly d r u n k , as she comes h o m e from interceding f o r his fortune nnd life, i t was no a lleviation th a t tbe old b r u t e had possessions in Carmel, a n d “ w a s very great, and h a d 3,000 sheep, a n d 1,000 goats \ a n d h e t h e w o rst goat a m o n g ^ h e m . The a n im a l in his nature seized t h e soul in its m o u th an d ran off w ith it. Before things a r e right in thU w o rld genteel villains a r e to be ex p u r g a ted . Instead of being w e lcom ed into resp e c t able society because of the am o u n t o f star-i and garters a n d medals and estate-. th»-y represent, th e y ought to be fu m i gated two or th r e e y e a r s liefore they a r e al owed w ithout peril to themselves to put their hand on th e door knob o f a m o ral house T h e t im e must come w h e n a masculine eat r a y w ill be a? re p u g n a n t to good society as a fem inine e stray, a n d n<> coat of a rm s o r fam ily em b lazonry o r epaulet can pass a Lothario u n c h a l lenged among th e sanctities of h o m e lifi By w h a t law of G o d or common aen^e is an Absalom b e tter th a n a Delilah, a Don Ju a n better th a n a MeMahna? T h e brush that p a in ts th e on>- black m u s t paint the other b lack. But what a - j .»-« ta>' e it was w h e n last summer ^ u ' I. of watering place\ society went wild uith enthusiasm over a n unclean foreign d i g n itary whose n a m e in both hem ispheres is a synonym for profligacy, and p r i n cesses of A m e rican society from all p a r ts of the land had h im ride in their c a r riages and sit a t thnir tables though tb e y knew him to be a portable lazaretto, a charnel house o f m o ral putrefaction his breath a ty p h o id, his foot th a t of a saty r and his to u c h death. Here is an evil tha' men c a n n o t stop but w o m e n m ay. Kr-ep a ll s u c h out of your p a rlors have no recognition for them in th e street nnd no m o re th in k of allying y o u r lif< and destiny w i t h theirs than “ g a le s fr i n Araby w o u ld consent to pass th e honeyn, ,on w ith a n Egyptian plague rt’l that money o r sorlal position a bad m a n brings to a w o m a n in m arriage is a spiendi 1 despair, a gilded horror a brilliant -.gony a prolonged death, an d tliH longi-r the m a r ita l union lasts thr. m o re evident w 111*- the fact th a t ehe m ight be tt* r nev e r have been l>orn ^ e t you and I have U-en at brilliant w e d dings where before th e feast was ov*-r the bridegroom’s tongue was thick a n d his eye glassy an d liis step a stagger aa he clicked glasses w ith jolly com rades, all going w ith l ig h tn in g limited express train to the fatal crash over the cm b a n k- m e n to f a ruined life and a lo«t e tern ity Woman join n o t your right h a n d w ith such a rig h t hand Accept from such an one no j e w e l for finger or e a r lest th a t sparkle o f precious stone tu r n ou t to be the eye o f a basilisk, and le t n o t the ring come on the finger o f y o u r rig h t hand lest t h a t r i n g turn out to be one link of a ch a in th a t shall bind you in nover e n d ing captivity In the n a m e of God and heaven an d home, in tb e nam e of all tim e a n d all e ternity forbid th e bans! C o n sent n o t to join one of th e m any reg im e n ts of women w h o have m arried fo r w o rldly success w i t h o u t regard to m o ral c h a racter. If you a re a m b itio u s , O woman, fo r noMe affiancing, w h y n o t m arry a king? A n d to tbat ho n o r y o n are invited b y th e Monarch of heaven and e a r t h , and this d a y a voice from* the skies soimdo forth “ A s t h e bridegroom re joices ov. r tin- b r id e s o shall thy G o d rej.vc - o .i r ihee.” L e t him pu t u p o n f -he r i’ig of th i s royal m a rriage. I!-i < is,* ii honor w o r th looking* a f te r . T H E C H A R T E R E L E C T I O N F rom tbe fcanday Dispatch. Tlie A d v e r tiser lias undertaken to cast th e horoscope of nom inees for the c h a r te r election, editorially, as well as lo c a lly . I t is T a ther soon to be doing th is an d we do n o t believe t b i t such hap - h a z .ird guesse3 w’ill a ttrac t m u ch a tt e n ti o n th is early. T h e voters of re hpeotive parties have y e t to get together in th o s f inform a l p r im a r ies which arc th e m o s t im p o r tan t of all an d review the h isto r y of th e p r e s e n t co u n c il—w h a t it has dono an d w h a t it has left undone. It is o n 'y by ro n s u latio n s th a t tho true th r o b of the political pulse can be diagnosed this early . Newspaper su g g e s tio n s as to nam e s before the peo- j !•* them s e lves have begun to pay special a tt e n ti o n to the su b je c t, are so many m e r e guegses w itb no significance what- i v* r W h a t th e D i s p a t c h askti of Auburn v jiers gen e r a lly is t h a t th e y shall begin to in te r e s t them selves in th e question of th e i b a r te r election now , h o th a t when th e tim e com e s for w a r d caucuses and n o m in a tio n s there m a y be som ething definite to go upon—that it m a y be seon w h e ther th e people a t large a r e inclined to en d o r s e th e present city governm e n t or w h e th e r a change is dem a n d e d . There i* plentv of tim e betw e e n now and Mar< h to talk these th in g s over; but th e r e w ill no t be p lenty o f tim e if the su b j e c t is staved off m u c h longer. The DisPATr it seem s to h a v e set the ball ro llin g bv ita editorial on the subject -om e d a y s sinii and very naturally elicited a series of growls in th e A d v e r tiser T h is is w h a t w t < x p e c te d and is “ all right.’’ W e stiould not object to tw o or three g r o w ls from the C lark street quarter also b u t, as we have explained before, th a t paper is generally m u m on the sub je c t of local politics u n til a f te r the elec tion an d th e n its m o tto Is- “ I told you so '' “ H e got there ju s t the sam e ’’ W h o th e “ h o ’ is, m a k e s no difference. W ith lh a t jo u r n a l it is ‘ head. 1 ,1 win ta i l s , yo u lose”—eo let it go on enlight e n in g t h e voters in its usu a l exjtost facto style. T h e D is p a t c h in advance, w ith o u t! w e a r y in g its r e a d e rs w ith abstractions in politics, w o u ld sim p ly ask them to ta k e th e bull by tho h o r n s now and con tro l t h e election in th e in te r e s t of good g o v e r n m e n t aa f a r as possible on a n o n p a r ti s a n basis. B u t le t u s no t be sus p e c ted o f aim in g a t a n y th i n g Utopian. T h e r e is n o c a l l for p o litical fusion of a n y k i n d th a t w e can see. F /eq u e n tly such fu s io n s evolve stra n g e hybrids, Let th e R e p u b licans, D e m o c rats, and o t h e r p a r t i e s if they m a k e nom inations, m a k e su r e in th e s e nom inations th a t B y r e p e n tan c e a n d fa i t h you m ay com e in to a m a r r iag e w i t h th e Em p e ror of u n i v e r s a l d o m in io n ,' a n d you m av be a n E m p r e s s u n to G o d fo r e v e r ,' an d re ig n w i t h him in palaces th a t the cen tu r ies cannot c r u m b le or cannonades dem o lish. H ig h w o rldly m a r r ia g e is not n ecessa ry for w o m a n o r m a r r ia g e of any kind in order t > v o u r h a p p iness. Celibacy t has been honored by th e best being t h a t - over l iv i d and his g r e a t e s t apostle, C h rist an d P a u l W h a t h ig h e r honor could single life o n earth have? But w h a t you need, oh, w o m a n , is [to be affianced fo r e v e r and forever, n n d the bans of th a t m a r r iag e I am th is m o m e n t here an d now ready to publish Let the angols of heaven b e n d from their gal leries of light to w itness while I pro no u n c e v ou one—a lo v in g God and a forgiven -mil One o f th e m o st stirring p a s s a g e ' in history, w i t h which I am acq u a in ted tells us how Cleopatra, the exiled i^iieen of E g y p t, w o n the sym p a th ies of .luhus C e s a r , th e conqueror u n til he be< a m e th e bridegroom and she th e bride. D riven f r o m h e r throne, she I s a iled aw a y on the ^M editerranean sea in a sto r m , and w h e n t h e large ship an c h o r e d she p u t o u t w ith one wo m a n ly frien d in a s m a ll boat until she a r r i v e d a l A lexandria, w h e re w as Ca*sar, th e g r e a t general K n o w ing t h a t sh e w o u ld no t’be p e r m itted to land or pass th e g u a r d s on th e w a y to C.a'sar’s p a lace, she laid upon th e bottom of the boat sem e shaw ls an d scarfs and rich ly dyed upholstery, and then lay d o w n upon them , an d her friend w r a p p e d h e r in them a n d she was ad m itted ashore in th is w rapping of goods, w h ich w a s announced as a p r e s e n t f o r Ca-sar. T h is bundle was p e r m itted to pass th e g u a r d s of the gatC3 o f th e palace ,and w a s p u t down a t the feet of th e R o m an g e n e r a l. W h en the b u n d le w a s unrolled th e r e rose before C .esar one w h o se courage and beauty a n d brillian c y are th e astonishm e n t of th e ages. T h is exiled queen of E g y p t told Ith e 6tory of h e r sorrow s, and he p r o m ised h e r t h a t she should get hack h e r t h r o n e in E g y p t a n d tak e the throne of w ifely dom inion in his own heart. A f t e r w a r d they m a d e a trium p h a l tour in a bargo tluft the p ictu r e s of m a n y art g a lleries have called “ C leopatra'sB a rge,\ an d th a t barge w as covered w ith silken aw n in g , an d its deck w a s soft w ith lu x u r ia n t carpets, an d th e oars were silver-tipped, and th e prow was gold m o u n te d , an d th e a ir w a s redolent w ith th e spicery of tropical gardens a n d r. so n a n t w i t h ^she m u s ic th a t m ade the n i g h t g lad as the day. Y o u m ay rejoice O w o m a n , t h a t you a r e n o t a Cleopatra a n d t h a t th e one to w h o m you m ay be afiiacned had none of t h e sins of C e sar, th e conqueror. B u t it suggests to me ho w you, a soul exiled from happiness a n d peace, m a y find y o u r way to the fe e t of th e conqueror o f dearth and sky. T h o u g h it m a y be a d a r k nig h t of spirit u a l a g ita tio n in w h ich you p u t o u t into th e h a r b o r of peace y o u m a y sail, a n d w h e n all th e w r a p p ings of fear and d o u b t a n d sin shall be rem o v e d you will be fo u n d a t the feet o f H im who will p u t you on a th r o n e to be acknowledged as H is in t h \ day w h e n all the silver tru m p e t ' of the s-ky s h a ll proclaim “ Be hold th e bridegroom com e th,” and in barg e o ' JiKh t you sail w ith Him the riv e r w h o s e source is th e foot of the th r o n e a n d w h o se m o u th is a t the sea of g lass m ingled w ith fire. th e y have g o t hold of th e m o s t av a il able m en. Don’t conclude t h a t because a m a n has been already in th e c o m m o n council one term , he h a s m a d o som e bad m istakes and a t a n y r a t e has fallen into an evil rut. B u t search each m a u ’s record and givo h im c r e d i t or blam e a s he appears to each o f his c o n s tituents to deserve. If h e stan d s th e test renom inate him , if n o t , the best m a n n e x t to him that y o u k n o w of. A u b u r n voters are n o t like sheep to fol low som e bell-w ether. A m a n ’s re c o r d in office here is very easy to sift. Al* th a t is needed in order t h a t t h e com ing election shall be a truly re p r e s e n tativ e one, is t h a t the voters g e n e r a lly shall m a k e it a personal question a n d in s t r u c t the presum a b le party \bosses” ra t h e r th a n allow them selves to be i n s t r u c t e d . \When we consider th a t th e op erations of the Board of T rade have already created a n in terest in the city am o n g outside m a n u facturers, and th a t n e w p lan s are being constantly brought f o r w a r d look ing to a general extension o f th e c it y ’s business a n d outside influence, i t is easy to sec t h a t the com ing c h a r t e r election calls for m o re th a n usual care a n d dis crim ination in th e selection o f a ld e r m e n especially. A t certain tim e s a n d in certain w a y s the action of th e co u n c il m a y have a good deal to do w ith tb e questions which th e B o a r d of Trade a re Interested in, f o r t h e sp h e r e of th e council's deliberations does n o t in clude m erely w a rd legislation. I t is b u t ju s t to the city t h a t every m a n elected to the council in M arch n e x t, w h a t e v e r his politics, s h a ll be a m a n of good j u d g m e n t, good civic record, a n d a tru ly progressive spirit. It does n o t follow , how e v er, th a t every one th e n elected should be p a r ticu la r ly am b itious fo r th e office. L e t the office seek th e m . AT Choate & Bro’s HARDWARE S T O E E , 8 8 G - e n e s s e S t . You will find ihe. Largest Assortment and C h e a p est Prices for all class es of Goods. FARM IMPLIMENTS, BUILDER’S HARDWARE CARPENT’R’S TOOLS Ammnnitioi] of all Kinds, Chain Pumps and Fixtures Tinware, W oodenware, Belting, Ropes, W ring ers, Barn Door Rollers, Sleigli Bells, Skates &c Fine variety of Heating Stoves at Cost. The Hap py Thought Ranges; these are the m ost perfct range in the market, and the sales are the largest of any. They are the leading range Before buying an y th in g in th e H a r d w a re or Stove lino call a t C H O A T E & BRO’S HS Genesee Street, a n d g e t prices x w l-10 89 MISSES WEBSTER ^STRONG Are slaughtering MILLINERY Also have the agency for he Universal Perfect F i t t i n g tatterns. NO. 68 GENESEE ST. County Taxes of 1887. CITY TnBA6UHEJt\S OKFfCE. i City n a il, A uburn, N. Y.. Dec. 89, 1;«7 ( Notice Ib hereby irivcn that tho u n d e r l i n e d , City Treannrer. h a s received the tax rolls o f tho w v e ral ward* o f tbe c ity for tha eouDty taxon of 1887, and th a t all portona and c o rporations n a m e d therein are roialrod to pay their taxes to him oa or b e fore the 31et day of January, 188*. Bald taxes will be received until said tblrtj-firirt. day of J a n u a ry, w ithout percentage. A fter Mild d a te, tno per c e n t will be added to all e a c h ta x e s ( b a t rem tiln unpaid. In caso any of th e ta i n t con- oalned ln said rolls a re not paid on o r before the o lst d a y ot M arch. 1883, the samo will be col lected ax p rovided by law Office hoars from 0 A. x . t o 3 p . M., and after J a n u a r r ?, on M o n d ay eveolncsdnrlnfr th e m onths of Jan u a r y . Feb ruary and M arch from t ‘A / to 8 o’clock. CHAS. J. STUPP, x 1-59 City Treasurer S. C. COOLEY, Jr. Successor to J o h n G. O sterbout, 173 S tate St. I b tlio Place to Buy. Choice Family Groceries AND Provisions, Fruits. Candies, Cigars, Tobacco. &c. THE B est Goods ,and Sold a t tho Lowest posslblojprfoos. „ BELL - M. - ty# & ■ ______ t e a c h e r o f VOICE AN D PIANO 10 WILLIAM STREET. T) A T E H T S . I HEY & GIBBS, Solicitors of Patents and counselors in Patent cases S y r a c u s e , N. Y 3 3 h a cj D F O R Rubber - GoodS G O T O INGALLS & CO 18 North Street. to 0 Q H CD h'F** - 0 ® ICO r r co A BEAUTIFUL W ORK I Freeman’s Monthly Magazine Annual ^ O E 1 Q 8 8 . elecantfylifust^atcd liVthfi1? ’ a.n(* P rofanely and tain s tho calendar fn, /ft? bCHt a r t l »t8. Con- reifaia ions, etc , toeellier wSh*1-'!’ lato s t .Postal u-iuful Infornm llonT r thh w , a s *Fn t d e a l ot eluding scamnablo ik S ? J '° 5 ? °fflco. )n- etc. Bound In bcair lful receipts, Hllvor o r s ta^ p l , to » f t FREEMAN’S MAGAZINE ^aooaic, 2 ST. 3 -. lI^^WIflhe8d ! a K noop%Tu L ln k bCSt Mon“i- $100 a>ycafr°r ^ H 0 BSES! B l a n k e t s , Robes, and H a r n e s s , at prices to please. SMITH’S Auction House, 1 1 2 Genesee S t r e e t, A.UBURN, n . y .
