Hot Alcoholic nor a Patent Medicine. 
Christmas party. . There was great excitement 
in the nursery about pretty new dresses, won¬ 
derful fussing about ribbons, and muslins, and 
fripperies. Tcocic alone sat silent in her shabby 
frock. By and by, her hands were full, bowing 
up sashes, sewing on tuckers, stitching rosettes 
on shoes. She was a nimble, little workman, and 
they kept her busy. Seeing how well a lapful 
of bright, ribbons became her, I thought it a pity 
she should not have a gay dress as well as the 
rest. .,, 
Nobody said, “ Teec.ie, what will you wear ? 
nor even, “Teecie, are not you invited too?” 
No one seemed to expect for a moment that 
Tceeie could wish to be merry with the rest. 
she was lame and bad no 
thing to every one else as well as Jack ; “ where 
is all your philosophy, little mother ? You need 
never preach to me again, if you set me such a 
bad example.” 
Teecie said never a word, but stared on into 
the fire. This wound had cut. deep. Sir Dai ry, 
and Mrs. Rutland, of Rutland Dali, at that 
moment I should have dearly loved to knock 
your two good-for-nothing heads together. 
“Teecie,” 1 said, “you have one friend, at any 
rate, even if be be not a very grand one.” 
She gave one of her quaint, expressive little 
nods. Translated, it meant“ I understand all 
that, hut I cannot talk just now.” By and by, 
however, she brightened up, and went to the 
table to claim her share of tea and thick bread 
and butter, and 1 began to mend a bow belong¬ 
ing to Tom. Tom was one of the leaders of the 
unruly tribes, and a regular savage chieftain. 
Ere two days more had passed 1 felt strongly 
inclined to exercise the horsewhip on this young 
gentleman’s shoulders. Tom, one fine morning, 
was seized with an impish inspiration to play a 
trick upon Teecie. Stealiug her crutches, be 
walked about the nursery, mimicking her poor 
little limp, and then marching off with them, 
heedless of her entreaties to have them restored, 
carried them in triumph out doors, aud smashed 
them in pieces with a hatchet. Teecie sat help¬ 
less in the din and riot of that ill-conditioned 
nursery Bright bracing days came and found 
her a prisoner, looking with longing eyes 
A DREAM ON SKATES 
BT ALFRED TRAMPLE, 
And all Diseases resulting from Disorders of the 
LIVElt AND DIGESTIVE ORGANS, 
ARE CUBED BT 
She sits on the brink of the frozen lake, 
In the carnival of the park, 
And seems an angel come down to cheer 
The. winter so naked and stark. 
In the wind her dainty red ribbon blows. 
Her bine skirt Haunts and flutters; 
And I see, as I peep at her shapely hose. 
That she cannot lace up her gutters. 
Oh, what would I give to take in my hand 
The cold little foot she is tapping, 
And feel how it poises within my grasp, 
Or starts when too tightly I’m strapping! 
Her pure white stocking like a snowflake; 
Her gaiter—my great palnae mock it! 
I wish I could kiss it for art’s sweet sake, 
And carry it off in my pocket. 
She strives and strives with her tiny gray glove 
The obdurate hand to make truckle: 
If I were a skate Ehe might squeeze me to hits, 
But I would obey her and buckle 1 
And while so distressed, the wind in her cape 
Its amorous hand introduces, 
And shows me her beautifnlness of shape 
In dozens of frolicbsome rases. 
I am charmed like a bird at these glimpses I cull, 
And quit masqueraders and mockers, 
To flit round about her, as 6woops a great gull. 
And mimic “ high Dutch ” on my “ rockers 
Ah ! too boldly 1 wateli; I am caught In the act; 
Let me hide my chagrin in the distance; 
But she merely exclaims, as she ponders the fact; 
“ Will you please, sir, come to my assistance ?” 
So crouched at her knee, with her foot at my heart, 
I peep now and thc-n at her blushes. 
She leans like a robin upon my neck, 
And talks like a thrush in the bushes. 
Too soon it is done “ Little gaiter,” I cry, 
" How I wish I could keep yon beside me 1” 
“Little skatel” she replied, “if so awkward yon ply 
I must let this gentleman guide tne." 
Again she essays, with my heart in her eyes 
To conquer the posture unsteady, 
“ Now, Cupid 1” I say, “ may she only capsize! 
Though in truth she is 1 picked up' already 1” 
She is off! She is down! Be blind all mankind, 
To her blushing exposure and choler! 
Save myself, w ho am gliding up to her, behind. 
To lift her again aud console her. 
With my Angers a tingle upon her wrist. 
Together we skim the crystal; 
The ice that carries her o’er like a leaf 
Cracks under my tread like a pistol, 
Far away, the lake to its snowy shores 
Bears the multitude on in the gambol. 
And I see the flunkeys in livery 
Look down on the fun from the “Ramble.” 
I wonder if when we two shall ride 
Down the avenue in our brougham. 
And the folks on foot bow to me and my bride, 
If either of ns can “know ’em?" 
If our breeze of “ Germans " aud bale du sair 
Tom Scrawl and Neel Easel may weather? 
l or artists, aud writers, and that sort of cboir, 
Are not the cheese altogether. 
“ Fair phantom,” I plead, ‘ • do I challenge your hate 
Though far you must dwell above me, 
My[meed to make, when I teach you to skate; 
To teach you in turn how to love me ?” 
Her soft eyes are sly as the twinkle of mouse, 
And she says with a coyish doubt; 
“ I am chambermaid in a boarding-house, 
And this is my afternoon out.” 
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How could she go 
crutches ? 
It happened that I had an errand to the nearest 
town. It was rather late when, on my return, I 
called at the host millinery establishment in the 
place, and asked for a parcel. 
Yes, the parcel Was ready. A large, flat box. 
“Would the gentleman like to see the lady’s 
pretty dress?” Die box was opened, and a 
cloud of some airy fabric shaken out under my 
eyes. I cannot, of course, describe it, but it was 
something white, very pure and transparent, 
with something else of pink just blushing 
through it. It was very tasteful, t pronounced, 
trying to look wise There was only one fault; 
“ Did it not seem rather long for a little girl ? ” 
I asked, remembering the figure it was to adorn, 
with its short skirt just coming to the top of the 
boots, so well worn and mended. 
“Ob, sir,” said the milliner, with dignity, 
“ you said the young lady was eighteen years of 
age, and of course we have given her a flowring 
skirt! ” , 
READ WHO SAYS SO : 
From the Ke v. Levi G. Beck, Pastor of tlie Baptist Church. 
Pemberton, X'. J., formerly of the North Baptist 
Church, Philadelphia. 
4f*#l**^ 
I have known Hoofiand’s German Bitters favorably for 
a number of years. 1 have used them in my own family, 
and have been bo pleased with their effect* Unit I was in¬ 
duced to recommend them to many others, arul know that 
they have operated in x strikingly beneficial manner. I 
rake great pleasure In thus publicly proclaiming this lact, 
fuidlcallltig the nitoiltlon oi tliot-r afflicted with the diseases 
for which ihev are recommended. to these Billers, know¬ 
ing from experience that my recommendation will besus- 
taiued. I do this more, cheerfully as HnoiluctPa Billers Is 
intended to benefit the afflicted, and U ’’ not anundrink.” 
Tours truly, LEVI G. BECK. 
It was late in the evening when I reached 
home. Turn merry carringe-fulls were just de¬ 
parting from the door as I drove up. A few 
minutes afterwards I was in the nursery with the 
milliner's parcel in my hands. There sat dear 
little Cinderella, resting one flushed cheek on 
her hand, and contemplating the litter of st raits 
of ribbon, fragments of lace, scissors, flowers, 
and reels of cotton, which lay scattered around 
her. She had had a toilsome, tiresome day, and 
now they had got all they wauted of her, and had 
left her to her solitude. 
A flash of pleasure sprang to her face when she 
saw me. “Oh! I thought you had gone with 
the rest,” she said. 
“ No,” said I, “ I have not gone yet, but I am 
going presently. I came for you.” 
“For me!” she echoed in dismay. “You 
know I could not go. I have no dress, even if I 
could walk.” 
“ A friend has sent you a dress,” I said, 11 and 
I will undertake to provide the crutches. Nurse, 
will you please to take this box, and get Miss 
Teecie ready as qui :kly as possible. The carriage 
is waiting for us a* the door.” 
Teecie flushed fry red at first, and I thought 
she woo gOUg to_>,rst ••at <: r.ving, and then she 
turned pale and ' ioked frightened. Nurse, to 
whom I had slipped a munificent Christmas box. 
Immediately fell into raptures over the pretty 
dress, 
make all haste! ” 
then went out to waitfor her. It was Christmas 
morning, the day of peace and good will. What 
I felt was scarcely peace, as 1 looked over the 
calm landscape. Aud yet I bore no ill will to 
any man or woman. 
Teecie came to me by and by; just the same 
old Teecie, limping over the frosty path in her 
short shabby frock, and looking half ashamed of 
her grand new crutches. I felt relieved when I 
saw her so. I v.os shy of the dainty lady whom 
I had called into existence the night before. 
And yet when 1 looked more closely I knew that 
this was not quite the old Tceeie, aud that the 
very same Teecie of a day ago never, never could 
come back. Something was altered. Whether 
the change was in her or me, or in both of us, I 
did not inquire. The change was not an un¬ 
pleasant one. 
We strolled out oi the garden, and into the 
lane, and we talked earnestly all the way. On 
our way back I said : 
“And you’re not afraid of starving with me, 
Teecie ? ' You’ 11 take the risk ? ” 
One of her old nods was Teecie Ray’s answer. 
“ Go and fetch your hat, then,” said I, “and 
we won't even wait for breakfast. Don’t bring 
anything else with you, not a shred. I have still 
some halfpence 1 ell—out of the guinea, you 
know—aud we’ll get all we want.” 
Teecie fetched tier hat ami returned, and we 
set off together. An hour afterwards we were 
man and wife. We &aid our prayers ride by side 
in the chinch, and then we walked back to Rut¬ 
land Hall, to sav good-by to our kinsfolk. I 
believe they all thought me mad, and her a little 
fool;—at least until Cousin George received the 
cheque, which 1 sent him next day; a cheque to 
cover the expenses incurred by him through his 
eharity to Teecie Ray. Then they began to won¬ 
der, and to waver. I took my wife abroad, and 
showed her the world. Time and care cured her 
of her laineuees. It was uot surprising that on 
her return to England tier kinsfolk should 
scarcely recognize her—Teecie Rutland, wee Ray 
—walking without crutches, and the wife of a 
millionaire ? Haifa bride cake conciliated Lady 
Thornton, and the wonderful guinea is still in 
my possession. I call it Teecie's dower. The 
crutches, the donor of which I beg to assure yon, 
major, was not Sir Harry, are also preserved as 
family curiosities. 
From ltev. J. Newton Brown, D. D., Editor of the Ency¬ 
clopedia of Religious Kdowledge. and Christian Chroni¬ 
cle. Philadelphia. 
Although run disposed to favor or reccommend Patent 
Medicines in general, through distrust of their ingredients 
and effects, 1 vet know of no sufficient reasons why a man 
nmv nut testify to the h cue tit* he believes hluisoli to have 
received from unv simple preparation, In the hope that he 
may thus contribute to the benefit of oilier*. 
I do Mill- the more readily In regard to Hoodlum s Ger- 
mau Bitter'-, prepared by Dr. C. M. Jackson, o! this city 
because I m as prejudiced again*! them for tunny years, 
under the lmpn--ilon that they were Chiefly an alcoholic 
mixture*. I urn Indebted to my irl« nd, Robert Shoemaker, 
Esc,, for the removal of this prejudice by proper teste, 
aim lor encouragement to try them when suflenug from 
great ami long continued debility. The mu* of three bot¬ 
tles of these bitters at the hr-lulling or the present year, 
was followed by evident iclhl and restoration to a degree 
of bodily and men till vigor which 1 had not felt tor six 
months octorc, and had almost despaired in regaining. I 
therefore thank God and my friend for directing me to 
the use of them. _ .... 
J. NEWTON BROWN. Philadelphia. 
From the Rev. Joseph II. Kennard, Pastor of the 10th 
Baptist Church, 
Dr. .Jackson —Dear Sir:—I have been frequently re- 
? iuested to connect mv name with commendations oi dlf- 
crent. Wtuils of medicine.-. but. regarding the practice as 
out of mv appropriate sphere. 1 have. In U! cases declined; 
but with'a clear proof in various Instances, and particu¬ 
larly la my family, of the usefulness of Dr. llootlauds 
German Bitters, r depart for nuco from tny usual course, 
to express mv Dill conviction that, tor general debility of 
the •yttein oiid especially for Liver Complaint, it Is a sale 
and valuable preparation. In some cases It may fall; but 
usually, I doubt not. it will he very beneficial to those 
who flutlor from the above cause. 
Fours, very respect mil v,_ 
J. 11. KENNARD, 
Eighth, below Coates Street, Philadelphia. 
“Come, Teecie,” I said, “ 
And, trembling between dread and delight, 
Teecie suffered herself to he carried off to her 
toilette. 
By the time I returned from an exploring 
expedition, with the wonderful silver and tor¬ 
toise shell crutches under my arm, Teecie was 
ready. 
Teecie was ready. Those three simple little 
words mean so much that I feel I must stop aud 
try to translate them into all they are bound to 
convey. They do not mean that Teecie, the 
child whom I was wont to call my little bene¬ 
factress, my little mother, had got on a nice new 
frock, and was equipped for a juvenile purty like 
other children. But they mean that there, when 
1 came buck, stood a beautiful girl by the nur¬ 
sery fire, in a fair sweeping blush-colored robe. 
When she turned her head, I saw that the sweet 
face framed in its childlike curls was the same, 
hut still the old Teecie Kay was gone, and here 
was (jjcccavi Lady Thomton) a lovely woman. 
We were all three ludicrously amazed at the 
sudden metamorphose that had taken place. 
Teecie was Loo simple not to show* that she felt 
the change in herself, felt it keenly, with a 
Btrangc delight and a strange shyness. Nurse 
had so long been accustomed to use her as a 
child that she stood bewildered. As for me, I 
was first frightened at what I had done, then en¬ 
chanted, then foolishly awkward, and almost as 
shy as Teecie herself. 
When I presented the crutches, nurse looked 
at me us though I must be some prince in dis¬ 
guise, out of the Arabian Nights. It was with a 
curious feeling that I saw Teecie try them, not 
limping now, rather gliding over the nursery 
floor, with the little velvet cushions hidden away 
amidst clouds of lace and muslin under her round 
white shoulders, and the airy masses of the fresh 
tinted gown just crushed hack a little by the 
gleaming silver staves. I don’t know why it 
was that I thought at that moment, with a cer¬ 
tain rupture, of a guinea in a little bonbon box, 
that lay below in the one shabby portmanteau 
which I had thought proper to bring with mo to 
Rutland Hall! 
Our equipage awaited us. It was too late now 
to withdraw from what I had undertaken. Tee¬ 
cie and I were soon dashing over the snowy 
roads to Lady Thornton’s. 1 will uot attempt 
to describe the remainder of that memorable 
evening, or the sensation caused by our arrival; 
the wonder und mortification of in}’ kind rela¬ 
tions ; or the mingled pleasure aud displeasure 
of the hostess, who, while delighted to see her 
little favorite, took occasion to whisper angrily 
in my ear, “ And pray sir, how is all this to end ? ’> 
The seme wn«all new and delightful to Teecie, 
but her dread of Mrs. Rutland’s portentous 
frown would uot let her enjoy it. We both felt 
that a storm would burst over our heads that 
night, and we were not wrong. None of the 
family from Rutland Hull took the least notice 
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BY CHARLES DICKENS. 
From Rev. J. H, Turner. Pastor of Bedding, M. L.Ciiurch, 
Philadelphia. 
Dr. Jackson,-Dear Sir:—Having used your German 
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it has been of great service, 1 believe that In most cases 
ot general debility of the avstem It is the safest and most 
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Fours, respectfully. J, It. TURNER, 
No. Tin N. Nineteenth Street 
[Concluded from page 40. last number.] 
As the days passed, and my relations became 
more and more involved in their winter gaieties, 
I found myself more and more thrown upon my 
own resources for amusement. Occasionally I 
was included in an invitation, and accepted it; 
hut in general I preferred indulging my fancy 
for keeping aloof from those who were little 
charmed with my company. A system of the 
most uublnshiughribery had won for me a warm 
welcome from the savage tribes in the nursery. 
Many and many an evening found me walking 
down that hedged Jane in the frosty dusk, with 
Teecie Ray limping by my side, and talking her 
grave simple little talk. 1 had always some fresh 
puzzle to propose to her, and she was always 
veady to knit her smooth brows over its solution. 
Once she stopped short, and struck her little 
crutches on the snow. 
“You ought to go away from here and work,” 
she cried. “ O, if /could! ” 
A certain Sir Harry arrived at Rutland Hall; I 
will not trouble myself to think of his second 
it is not worth remembering. He was a 
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Baptist Church. 
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preparation, ItooflAnd’s German Bluer*, to add my testi¬ 
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wealthy hueliclor of high family, and hie move¬ 
ments were watched with interest by the lady of 
the house. This Sir Harry had a fancy for smok¬ 
ing lii6 cigar in the hc-dged lane, and on more 
than one occasion he encountered my little 
benefactress limping on her solitary way, and 
stared at the pretty fresh face under her old 
hlack hat, till it blushed with uncomfortable 
brilliance. Teecie changed her track like a 
hunted hare, but Sir Harry scented her out, and 
annoyed her with his fulsome compliments. 
The matter reached Mrs. Rutland’s ears, and she 
ventend her chagrin on the defenceless little 
girl. I know not what sorry accusations and 
reproaches she bestowed on her during a long 
private lecture; but, that evening when, at the 
children’s lea hour, I entered the nursery door 
with a new ball in my hand for Jack (the youngest 
aud least objectionable of the band,) I saw Teecie 
Ray’s face grievously clouded for t he first time. 
It was Hushed aud swollen with pussiunate cry 
ing. I do not intend to commit to paper certain 
remarks which 1 made sotto voce on beholdiug 
this disfigurement. 
“Come, come, Tceeie,” I said, while nurse 
was busy quelling a disturbance which had arisen 
because “ Cousin Guy” had not brought some- 
From the Rev. J. S Herman, of tin* German Reformed 
Church, Kutztowu, Berks County, Pn. 
Dr. M. Jackson,—Respected Fin—I have been troub- 
led with Dyspepsia nearly twenty years, and have never 
used anv medicine that did me as luueh good as Hoof- 
laud’s Bitters. 1 am very much Improved in health alter 
having taken five bottle*. 
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