RATES OF ADVERTISING.
AND
Ono Incli, (twelve linen or 11 equivalent la
Nonpareil type) one or two Insertions, 11.60 three
insertions, iloo
BPACR. 1M. 2. tint. 6 If.
Unolnch $2fj0 Jn,00 Xl.m .00 IMflO
Two lncncs............... 8,10 6(jo 7,ou o,oo J,oo
Three Inches 5,io 7,00 9,00 12,0) 1SO0
Four Inched .. 7,JU 9,00 11,(0 17,00 35,00
Quarter column 10,) 12,00 H.00 a. ko,ix
SSlrSlnmn 11.00 1800 20110 80.00 00.00
i published Kvr.uv fuiday morning
, XTiir. caLUsintAN nun-niNa KtAnTiit!
coonx norms, ni.00Hsntma, pa., nv
CHARLES B. BROCKWAY,
r.niTon and rnorntisTon.
Terns-Two Dollars a Year jayablo In rItaucs.
JOB PRINTING
Ono column .30,00 30,00 o,oo oo,00 loo.oo
VTunin.il nr AalintnlstrntorVl Notice 11.00
Auditor's or Asslgnco' Notice, 93,50.
Local notices, twenty cents n lino.
n.im ,n friA nnncitiAM. TUriw,i.nrv ' ' column.
ji il"erlrtlonB executed with neatness; and
VOLUME VI,---NO, 36.
BLOOMSBTJRG, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 0, 1872.
OOL. DEM. - VOL. XXXVI - NO. 29,
12,00 per year for the first lwo lines, and $1,00 for
each additional Hue,
Columbia Oountv Official Diroctory,
Vr ftkuJJ.iiJoe-Wtt.MAM Ei.WKt-t.. ,
4oclaJ. JmJfff-H!AM Until, Isaac 8. Mon-
jJroi"rVrconllr-Wii.i.iAM8oNll.JAroliY.
District ,4i'.mir)-JAMKS UiiVEON, Jit.
l?,7r1?HvSHShl. 1I.UA,. J.
Ilrl HI n. V. .I.I.tAM HItAFFF.ll.
U milon. ,V Cfcrt-WnxrAM KntCK lAt M.
.,!it 1. J. (.'AM fii tat,, IJANint. Liu:.
( Von r -( UAni.Mtl. MtfltfilV. .
j,mTcvm,i"toicr-laAAi'Mr;imtiK,JollNMo
"c?"t i;-nJii(inlf-W. BSYnnit.
7f. ' WtJrtcJ-Plrectors, P.lI. MlH.r.ii
Wii.tiAM MiAJiru, llloomsburg, aud JmiNsoii
n't i.rii (in I'liwoud. ciiaiii.es Connf.ii. Bcc'y.
Bloornsburg Official Diroctory,
Lhn. ln-fl ;joiJ.Jnff ru-JoHN A. FUKBTON
Pre lilcnt. H. II. Onutz. Cashier.
y;,,,;;,,i ;nn;.-t'iiAS. U. PAXTort.rres't ,
ncll(!;.-E. II. LITTLE, l'rctfl., C. W. MII.I.KII,
B7&,,i (,.-'- 7h((W(ny nn.l Sni'fnjr 7Vnl '
i(T,,AVM. F).Ae-oi It, l'rcs't., J. 11. lionise,!, Bee.
J.J.TllOWl'- 1'ieSldlllt, C. G.BAIlkLF.Y, HCl .
Oburcli Directory.
l'ltlMlYTEKIAtf C11U11CU.
Mto,.l,r-Vt- Ktiintt Mlleliell.
fdhl.aili A. it ler Id)-! A. JI.j 7Jj 1. il.
Mbnlh fc'onl-OA. M. ,,,,
Heats lite; no pews rented! Mrangcrs wol-enme
Bloomsburrj; Directory.
r
AITH HAUH Jut received nml for piiIo nttho
CLOTHING, &C.
DAIJ
st ,u
A 111 LOWENBKHO, Merchant Tnllor.Matn
hovo A mci lean Houso.
DRUGS, CHEMICALS. Ac.
II P. LUT'., Druggist and Apothecnry. Main st,
j, below the l'OHt Olllcc,
CliOOKS, WATCUKfi, &0.
n F.H.VVAOt:, denier in Clocks, Wiilches and
U Jewelry, Main St., Just below tho Amerlenu
lfoiue.
I Ot'IH 1!K11NIIAHI, Watch and Clock matter
Jj nearsouthcatt corner Main and Hon Ms.
CATIICAHT, Watch and Clock Mahcr.Mar
. lietktiect, below Main,
HOOTS AND SHOES.
1J JI. KNOllll, Dealer In Hoots nnd Hhocs, latest
I;, and bept btylos, corner Main aud Market
Htrretn, In Hip old l'oht Olllcc.
IIKNKY KI.EI.M.Maiiufiiclurcr and dealer In
I L Hoots nnd Hlines, Groceries, etc., Main street,
K" i 'BloomnliurB.
I 110 F ESS I ON Ali.
DU. It, C. HOWElt, Burgeon Dentlht. Main st,,
above the Couit House.
DU. WM. JI. ItKIlEIl, Hurtieon and i uyi.'l.cu.
Olilce over the I'lmt National Hani:
IS 0. llAUKI.HY, Attorncy-nt-I.r.w. 0!Uec,ai
U, tlnovlu Kxchaiigol)lock,iicartlio"Kicliaueo
iloUl."
1 11. McKKLVY, M. D.,BurKenn and l'hyKlclnu
J . north sidu JIulu bt. .below Markut.
T C. HUTTMH, M. 1. Burueon and l'liyhlclan
il , Mai ket street, abovo Main,
I n. HOllIHON, Attorney-at-Lav , Olllco Hurt
I . man's building. Main btreet.
Dll. H, f. KtNNKY, Surueon i-utlst. Teeth
I'xtrni'tt'd without pain: Main nearly op
DSlt i:i)lscopal Church,
Tit. KVANH, M. 1)., Bursrnn and rhyslclan,
ninth side MAinstrctt.belov. Market.
Oil. A. ii. 'nJltNint.l'hysleliiiHi-'dKiiiRCnn.or-Ihe
over Klelin's liiui! Stuu , nskltr.co one
door below Itev. 1). J. Waller,
MILI1NE11Y A FANCY GOODS.
Ii I'l ". ntJI VN, Millinery and ranej Coods,
't, opposite Episcopal Chinch, Main n,
litss MZZIK llAItKI.EY, Milllmr. Knnisey
lit 'mlldlng Main street.
il ISH M. DKltltlCKSON, Millinery audiancy
jl Coods, MaiiiKt., below Maikt I.
llltS. JULIA A. ft HA 1)11 HAUUI.KY, Ijulks'
.11 cloaks and Dress Tattem.,, soul heast corner
V ' ud West sts,
quit M(SKS HAItMAN Milllneiy and Fancy
1C Mulnst,, below Ameilcanllouso,
IIOTEr-H AND SALOONS.
l.Uil.KM HOTT.I,, by T. llenl. Taylor, nibt cud
I' ( Main stieot,
rJEKCHANTS AND CIIIOC r.HP.
,' C, MAltll, Dry Ooods and Notions, r.outh-
t corner Main aud Iron bit.
hu. a v. imui, i oiiiLciioutiry tuiu nunrrj ,
HC.IIOWEH, HatRandCaps, Hoots audBhoes,
. Main St., abovo Court House.
7 H MAlE. Matnmotli Grocery, ltno Oro.
(). ecrles, l'uills, Nuts, l'rovlslon, de Mslu
i: ml Centre Hliccts.
M'ICEl.VY, NEAIj ft CO., dealers In Dry Goods,
t rocerle ,, l'lour, feed, Hall, Kbh.Iron, Nails,
tev, V., cor. Main and Market its.
li V. MIIXFlt ft KON, dealers In Dry Good?,
vi, orocules, (Jmensware, Flour, fait, Bhoes,
iins, etc.,MiiIiu.t,
anscEi.EANEom
11 M. tllHISTMAN. Saddle, Trunk .4 1 Tarn ess
V.'. uinker, Hhlve's l'loclc Main .Street,
DV. HOIIlllNR, liquor denlersecond door from
noithwcst loiucr Malu and Iron sts.
L1 i.THOHNTON, Wall I'apcr, Wludow Blmdes
U. ud Uxtuies. Unpen blotk. Mniu st.
p W COHFLL, Fnrnltuie Itooms, three Ftory
Vj' trick, Main Bin et, west of Market st.
U ItOSENSTOCK.l'hotOKiHplier.ovt r Kobblni.
U & Fyer's Btore, Main ht.
I H. KC1IN. dtulerln Meal, Tallow, ( tc, Cliem-
ei in's alley, tearof American llouso.
, AMI'tl .1ACORY, Mniblo and llrown Slono
'Works, Hast llloomsiiurg.lterwick road.
W:'. HAI1H, dealer In furniture, trunks, eedet
" v llo wuie, near tho Forks Hotel,
1,1 n. iilDl.l'.MAN, Apeut for Million's Copper
111-Tubular I.lBhlnlni! Uod.
n FO.vmt.Oluo Maker, and While and Faucy
j. Tanner. Bcottowu.
NOTI'UOOKB.and blank NOTES, with or with
out exemption, for tale at the Coi.usikian
Olilce.
Catawiusa.
1) e. DA l.LMAN. Merchant Tailor, Htcond 81.
D.KubbluB' HulldlUB.
DU, J. K. noilllINB, Burijeon aud 1'hyi.k'Ian
Hecond Ht bolow Main,
G
ILUEItT ft KLINE, dry Roods, groceries, und
f II. KIBTLKU, "Csttawifcba irouso," North
' . i-orucr Jiuiu unu ceeouu nireeis.
LKEILHIt, nillaid Baloon, Oysters, and Ico
. Cream In season Mainrlt.
1 M. llItonST, dealer In OcncralM erchuudlho
ill. Dry Goods, Urocerlis AO,
tJi;HO.UEIIANNA or llrlck Hotel, B. Kosten
13 bander l'loprktououth-rakt corner Mnluaud
I eeun,l Klni '
yM. II. ABBOTT, Attorney ul law, Malu Bt.
Light Street,
UF. OMAN & Co., WheelwrJsbts, tlist door
. aboyu Hchool House.
1011N a. OMAN, Manufacturer and dealer In
u llouts and Bhot's
UB. F.NT, dialer In Btoves and Tin ware 111
ell Us branches.
P'i'f1'!' l-M'' Miller, and dealer In all kinds nt
imJ.,1"1" H"ur, FMd, Ac. All kinds of Grain
Bopy.
I ,nWf,tuli.Alt' Huniuehauna "rTMiilig" Mil
" U Box Mull facluilnK.
Buok Horn.
A H.W. If. fiHOF.MAKElt. dealers In dnr
' unods. Rrncclerlcs aud eeueral merchandso
Orangovillo Diroctory,
II. IIF.UUINO A BltOTUEU.Carpcntcrsand
, Builders, Main st,, below l'luo.
HICK HOTEL and refreshment Haloon, by
HohrM'Hcury cor.ofMalu nnd l'lnost.
II. O. A. M EGA UGEL.l'hyslcIan and Burgeon
Main st,, next door to Good's Hotel,
AVID HEUHING. Flour and Grist Mill, nml
Dealer In grain, Mill Btreet.
lAMnail.llAHMAN.CablnctMokor and Un
v dortakcr. Main Ht., liolow 1'lno,
SCIIUYLKU ft CO., Iron founders, Machinists
aud MauttmctuiirS ufplows, Mill Bt,
SAM UELBIIAHPLE8B, Maker of thollayhuiht
Gralu Cradle, MaiuBt.
WILLIAM DELONG Hhoemnkernrj.I manufac
turer of llrlck, Mill Bt., west of Fine
Philadelphia Directory.
AINWIIIOIIT & CO.,
WUOLEHALE OUOCEHH,
N, E. Corner Second aud Arch Btreels,
l'lIlLABLLljllA,
Dealers lu
TEAB, SYHUl'R, COFFEE, SUOA II, MOLABfeliS
KICK, Kl'lCLU, III CAIID BOHA, AO., AO,
4-0rdcis will receive prompt attention,
may 10,07-tf.
JJAKVEY 1). WALKER,
WITH
ME All, SCUllOPl' & CO.,
IMl Ol'.TFllS AND JOllHKUHOK
CHINA, 0I.AS3 AND (iUEENSWAUE,
No. 109 NOnill SECOND BT.,
1'HlLADEI.l'HrA.
-OrIclnnl nforlcd packaecs of Oncenswnie
coualantlv on hand. lcbZl'72-tt.
BnsiuoGa Cards.
E
U. LITTLE.
ATTOKNEY AT LAW,
Ofllco Court-Houso Alley, holow the COI.UM
bian Olilce, Hloomsburi! I'a.
11. BKOCKWAY,
ATTOHNEY AT LAW,
ntooMsnuna, pa
r OmoF. Court House Alter, lu tho Co-
LDMiiiAN building. IJaul.'67.
Q W. MIIiLEU,
ATJUltr.r.1 AT LAW,
nn1.AlVi.rl lln....n A f.nln.r, ,1.A i'-r
niAN Olilce. Bounties, l'.nck-1'av and Tensions
collected. Bloomsbure ra.sep.20'07
JOHN CLAltK,
ATTOKNEY AT LAW.
OFFICE abovo
Hower's Btore, Malu street,
Bloomsburg, I'a.
JOIJERT F. CLABK,
ATTOHNEY AT LAW,
Oflleo Mnin Ktrpot below tho Court House.
Bloomsbuig l'enn'a.
B.
FRANK ZARR
ATTOHNEY AT LAW,
BLOOMBHUHO, I'A.
Oilko with J. G. riccze.lhowcr's Block.
Can be consulted In Ocimau or English.
uicliSO'TZ If
jEW STOVE AND TIN SHOP.
IHAIAll IIAOEHUCH,
Malu Street one door above E. Meudenhall's
Bloie.
A large assortment or Hiovei, neuters and
Itaugcs constantly ou baud, and for sale at the
lowest rates,
Tlmilir' In nil Its branches cnrftillv attended to.
iud sattstactinn guarauteed.
xiuworKoi an kinus wuoiesaie auu letnii. .
'till is reriuebted.
Jnl'71
LOOMSCUKa
iii a it n ii r.
w n k s.
3IAIN KTIIKFT, IIKT.OW U.U'.KET,
BLOOMbBUHO, I'A.
Monumcnls, Tombs, Headstones, Ac, Work
neatly csctutfd. Oideis by mnll will receive
siitelal attention, N. II. Work dellvned lrceol
cliarire. T. L. GUNION. l'roprietor.
octl3'71-tf. P.O. BoxSDT.
B
MtQAINS 15ARGAINS.
QUICK SAI.F-") ANI1 SMAI.1. PKOFITC.
HA Vr. YUUIt MONEY.
Goto
HENltY YOST.
East Bloomkbnrg, l'o., for all kinds of tho best
homo and cltv mndo
F U1IHI T IT It II .
l'rlces reasonable nnd tho Lo' "-irk done.
Jan 171 t
"yUI.CAN WORKS,
DANVILLE I'A.
WILLIAM H. L.VW,
Manufacturer of Wrought Iron Bildges, Boilers,
Gasholders, Fireproof Buildings, Wiought Iron
Itoollmr, Hooting Frames, Flooring nnd Doors,
Farm Gates and fencing, also Wrought Iron pip
ing, stacks nnd nil kinds of Smith Work.dc.
Itepalrs promptly attended to.
N.lt. luawlugs and Estimates supplied,
oelS7'7My.
J.ERNIIAKD STOIINER
Would lnfoim his I'liemls aud Ilio ptiblio that
ho has taken possession of
THE OLID STr-KriD,
In tho Exehango Block, so long occupied by him
aud will cuiry ou tho Lushicss of a
FIRST-CLASS BAKERY,
Ho brines tothobusliicbsancxpeiicncool many
years and nsnire tho eomnitiully Hint ho will
tiirulsh tho best of bread, cakes, rolU.blsoult, Ac,
flesh eveiy day. Ho proposes also to keep on
hand a lnigoiuul well assoited stock ol
FINE CONFECTIONERY,
ofnllgradcs. French candles and thosoof do
mestic mnuufacture.alwnyslo lie bail, wholesale
ami retail nt lowest intes. Adjoining tho Bakery
and Confectionery Is a well established
RESSAtTIlAIIT,
whero may bo found Ale and Lager, and He
fiestuneuts, Oysteis In season and tho various
liltlodtlliaeltsMhlth suit tho public taste. Thcio
Is also a
FINE ICE CREAM SALOON,
over tho conlcctloneiy btore, whero ladles and
giulkmen can obtain tho best or Ico Cieiun 111
bUlbOU.
A fair bbaro of tho public custom Is icquested
aud no pains will bospnicdlu ensuio sntlslnc
llon. aprll V0,'72-tt
N
KW DRUO STORE.
CHRIS. A. KLEIM
Hnvlng puHlinted llio busluos of II. 1'. Lut7.
now olleis nt llio old land, u il.olcontbottmeii
01
lmuas,
CHEMICALS,
0 l'ATENT MEDICINES,
TOILCTAUTICI.UH,
I'ANUY BOATB,
BIlUBIIF.y, Ac,, Ac,
And o true ial nssnitmintof tho choicest goods
usually found In llrstclnis tstabllshnieuts,
l'liyslelaiis' I'reteilptlons and Family ltcclres
Cnulully Coinpouudid,
(in r-undu, open 1 rum 8 a. ni,, to 10 a, m.,aud
J1U1U m '. ill., IU 1 p, 111.
OFHMAN AND I'NOLIHH Sl'OKEN.
kliti'Ta-tf
Mincollanoous,
jTJKNTlSTRY,
II. C. IIOWEll, DENTIST,
Itcspcclfully oirers his proresslonal services to
tho indies aud gentlemen of Bloomsburgnnd vl
clnlty. He Is prepared to attend to all tho varl
ous operations In the line of his profession, nnd
is provided with tho latest Improved I'onCKLAiN
Tkktii which will bo Inserted on gold plating
sllvernnd rubber base to look an well as tho nat
urnlteeth. Teeth extracted by nil tho now nnd
most approved methods, nnd nil operations on
the teeth carefully nnd properly attended to.
Residence nnd olllco a few doors above the
Court Home, same sldo.
Moo unburn, Jan.1'71 ly
JN H U R A N OE AGENCY,
yomlug t'.OOMO
Etna i,O0(i.0(C
Orient MO.OOO
Itojnl of Liverpool 10,U0O,(XiO
Dativlllo Mutual fi",000
Bprlngtleld n70.oi
OermanlR, N. Y SO0.IK0
Intcrmitioual N.Y' 1,('M,785
Farmers' Danville,. Buu.uo
Lnneaslcr City SuoOO
Home I.UW.l'OO
FKHAS IIHOWN, -tiVftif.
tnaiSMl ly, llMionsnuno I'a.
11
-1 1NKLEY KNITTING MACHINE
THE BLMI-I.tST, CHEATEfeT AND ISl.bT IN
CHE I 1IAB HUT ONE NEEDLE! A
C'JILD CAN HUN 1TI
Dtslgi.iu fi i r lolly for tho use of families, and
ndks Ml o i'ci lie toknlt for tho market. Will
dotMij istiti.li c f the knitting In n stocking,
widening and liei'iwlni: us leudlly nsbyhnnd.
Ale fpkiidld fir Mtjisuds iiMl fancy work,
JAKlSl! FIVE Jlllll.l.NT KINDS OF
KTIICIII Ale iei eai-j to manage, mid not
liable to let out of orikr. 1 lery Family bhould
ba e one.
Wo Miuit an Agent Iihiuj tovn to Intrndnco
anil fell them.toiibrm iicolkr the most liberal
Inducements, hci.d lor our Cilculnr and Sample
I'tucklnc. Address.
II INK LEY KNITTING MACHINE CO..
nov. lo.'71-ly. Bath, Me.
JJ 0. HOWE R,
tins opened n rtrsl-class
IKIOT, SHOE. HAT CAP, AND FUH KKU X:
at tho old stand ou Main Street, Bloonisburg.nfcw
eloaisabove the Court House. Ills stock Iscom
posed or tho very lnltstnlul beststyles over ollor
ed to the citizens of Columbia County. Ho can
accommodate tho publlcwltlithorollowliiggoods
at the lowest rales. Men's heavy doubla soled
stoga boots, men's double and sluglo tap soled
kip boots, men's heavy stoga shoes otnll kinds,
men's Hue boots and bhoes of all grades, boy's
dmiblasnled boots and, shoes of all kinds, men's
glovo kid Balmoral shocs.men's, women's, boys's
nnd misses' lasting gaiters, women's glovo kid
Polish very lino, women's morocco Halmoralsand
calf shoes, women's very line kid buttoned call
ers. In short boots oi all descriptions both pec
ged and sewed.
Ho would also call attention to his Suo assort
ment of
ATS, CAPS, FUKS AND NOTIONS.
which comprises all the now aud populai vari
eties at prlceswblchcauuotfalltosuiliill. These
goods are ollered at the lowest cash rales aud
will be guaranteed to give satisfaction. A call
Is solicited borore purchasing elsewhere ns It lu
believed that better bargains aio to be found
than at any other place In the rnutity.
Jan 171
THE ORANGEVILLE MANUFAC
TURING COMPANY.
2IANLTA11 Ul.rilS OF
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS
of tho most Approved Patterns.
Mill fJcailiif,',
Jobbing-,
nml f'nslliiKS
of nil descriptions.
HEALEHS IN
Genctnl Merchntidise, Lumber, Ac, Ac.
ORANGEVILLE, PA.
We would nnnouuco to tho public lu gcncrnl
that wo liavo taken tho well known Agilcnltur
al Works of this place and shall make It our aim
to manufacture First Class Agricultural Imple
ments equal to any other makers In tho State,
such as
Tlircslilng Mncliliics,
llotli Lover and Tread Power.
I'loivs of every Description,
among which will be tho celebrated
KNOB MOUNTAIN HERO,
acknowledged by all to be the best plow extant
lor Iholaimcr. Also tho
CEiaiiiiiion, SIciiis' l'atcitt itnil
TIio niontrosc.
ALSO, DOUBLE CORN PLOWS,
Cultivators;,
Iron KcdlcN,
and Castings
of every deicrlptlon. Wo shall uso nono but the
best mntsrinls und employ none but competent
and cxpeiieneed mechanics and our prices will
eompuio lavorably with any other ninaulactur
eis. Country Produce, Lumber, Old Iron, taken In
exchange Wo also have a storoin connection
with our Agricultural Woiks, whero may bo
found n lull assortment of MERCHANDISE
which will bo sold nt bmall protlts. Glvo us a
callticloio purchnslng clsewhero aud wo gunr
nntco suttslnetlon.
march'.'a 72-ly.
Hotola.
rjpiIE ESPY nOTEL.
ESPY, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA.
Tho undersigned would Inform the travelling
public that ho has taken tho ubovo named estab
lishment null thoroughly retltted tho same for
tho perfect.couvcnlenco of hlsgucsts. Ills larder
will bo stocked with tho best tho market allords.
The choicest liquors, wlues and clgatsalwayii to
be found In his bar,
WILLIAM PETTIT.
Eopv. Pa.
77 J. THORNTON
JJ. would announcotnlho eltlzensof Blooms,
biirg mid vicinity, that ho ha Jusl received a full
aud complete) assortment of
WALL I'APElt, Y1N1)0W SIIADICS,
FIXTUlirS, COlltlH, TAS1F.I.1",
and all other goods In Is lino of business. All
inn newest auu most uppioLU piuieius oi mo
day are always In bo found lu his establishment,
mnr,3,'6'M! Main St. below Market.
CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES
3D OWN IN PltlOE
J. H. M A I Z B S,
Comer Main and Centre Sts..
ULOOMBBUlttl.
A new slock of Fiesli Uoodsjust opened at
MAIZE!'.
Tciim, Cofi'ccH, .Snprai'N,
HYIIUP8 aud MOLARSEH.' CHEESE, MEATS.
HALT. FISH, etc.
VEGETABLES, 1 1 E It M ETI CA LL Y Sealed
Gnotls.
JELLIES and PIIESEKVES, PICKLES.
FOItlllGN and DOMESTIC FIIU1TS.
An Elegant Assortmont
OF
QUEENSWARE
Constautlv n bniid.
Also WOOD, WILLOW and GlABSWAUEol
every vurieiy.
All my goods aro of tho first quality aud at oi
tiemely low prices,
de-ei'fl-tf J, 11, MAIZE.
FRUIT TREES, SMALL FRUITS,
Ornnmontnl Trees nnd Plants,
Clioico Garden and Field Seeds, &c.
A spleudld slock of tho choicest varieties.
Bend for Dcscrlptlvo Catuloguo and Priced list.
All Trees well packed t-oailocairy solely to any
part of the United State.
KDW P. J. EVANS ft CO..
A'ursiryiiKn oiuJ tieedsmrn,
nug'Jntl YOUK.l'A,
Poetical.
1 ho Sim nml llio ltoic.
11Y At.tCH QUAY.
Tho sun, who smiles wliorovcr lie goes,
Till tho flowers all smile again,
Fell In lovo with n bashful roso
That had been n bud till then,
Bohoiunhol back the folds of llio soft, green
hood,
That covered her modest Brace,
And klssod her as only a lover could,
Till tho crimson burned lu her faco.
Bnlwo for the day when his golden hair
Tangled her heart In a not,
And wo for the night of dark dcsptlr,
When her check with tears was wot I
For slio loved him as only n maiden could,
And ho left her crushed aud wonk,
Striving lu vain wllh her faded hood
To cover her gullly check.
.Shelter.
AN KNClI.ISlt BUBLESqUK.
I1Y P. S. OAI.VrRMSY.
He the wldo lake's margin I marked her lie
The wldo, weird lake, whero tho alders sigh
A young, lair thlu j, with a shy, soft eyo i
Aud I deemed that her thoughts had Ilown
To her home, and her brethren, and sisters doar,
As she lay there watching tho dark deep mere,
All motionless, nil alone.
Then I heard a noise, as of men nnd boys,
And a boisterous troop drew nigh.
Whither now will retreat those fairy feet 7
Whero hide till tho storm pass by 7
One glauco-tho wild gt.mce oro hunted thing
Bho cast behind her ; slio gave ono spring,
And thcro followed a splaih and a broadening
ring,
On the lake, where tho alders sigh.
Slio had gono from the ken of ungeullo men I
Yet scarco did I moan for that ;
For I know sho was safo In her own homo then,
And tho danger past, would urpoar ngnlu,
Fo lsao was a water-rat.
Hy Lcai a,
Miscellaneous.
JUDOE BLACK'S ITrTEIl.
Tho ibllowiiifj 13 tho text of tho letter
of Judge J. S. Black, In answer to ono
addressed him by Mr. W. II. Welsh, of
tho Baltimoro Gazetlc:
lo William H. Wehh, Esq., Editor of
the Baltimore Gazeltce:
My Deak Sm : I promised tho rch
tleman who delivered your letter that
I would answer It fully and ns I could
consistently with other engagements.
I am fulfilling that promise. If I tako
moro timo and sp.ico than might bo ex
pected, you will pleaso to remember
that I and a great many other Demo
crats aro In n position which requires
something moro than a moro definition.
We cannot avoid misconstruction with.
out furnishing a rather full explana
tion.
I admit that tho next President must
bo Grant or Greeley. Tho circum
stances of tho political situation limit
our choice to theso two men, as strictly
as If nobody olso were legally eligible.
Wo must weigh them against ono au-
othcr.and, llko practical men, decide the
casobeforo us in favor of tho best. Even
if wo find no good in cither of them,
wo must tako that one who shall appear
to bo least bad.
It is undeuiablo that tho leading
measures or this Administration aro
not only unconstitutional, but anti-con-
stltulional, allowing not merely a con-
tcmptuoiislndifferenco to constitutional
obligations, but a settled hostility to
those rights of tho States, and thoso
liberties of tho peoplo, which tho or
ganic law was made to secure. Tho
President's appointment of officers and
his general oxorclso of public authority,
under tho Influenco of men who paid
largo sums of money, aro scandalous
outrages, and tho effort to defend them
has combined with other liko causes to
extinguish among his subordinates all
respect for thoso rules of morality which
used to bo held sacred. When wo con
sider what theso men havo douo in tho
North, and add to it tho largo-handed
robberies perpetrated In tho South by
tho retainers of tho President, with his
direct aid and assistance, wo aro com
pelled to acknowledge that no other
government now in tho world is ad
ministered so entirely for persoual and
partisan purposes, or In such comploto
disregard for tho rights and interests of
tho general public. This demorallzi
tlon is not confined to tho Executivo
branch ; tho tido of corruption rolls in
upon tho LcglsIatIvo,and In somo places
It has risen high enough to touch the
feet of tho Judiciary. Even tho rank
and fllo of tho President's party havo
becomo debauched, let us hopo not al
together, buteerlalnly in fearful degree.
Acts, which la former times a hardened
criminal would hcsltato to whisper lu
tho car of hU accomplice, can now bo
openly advocated by a political leader,
not only with safoty, but with a tolera
bio chanco of being sustalnotl by a sort
of public opinion. Tho lovo of llborty
and justice which used to pervade tho
wholo community now "ronegea all
temper," and ylold without roslstanco
to tho unprincipled domugogtios who
would enthrone fraud.
"Moko tho hoar leprosy adored', placo thlcvoj,
Aud glvo them title, kuco nnd approbation,
Wit h Senators ou tho bench."
If Genoral Grant had boon equal In
mind and heart to tho exigencies of tho
times, ho could havo easily mado him
self tt groat public benefactor. Ho
might liavo purified official and politi
cal mornU by simply setting tho ox
nmplo in ids own person ot tt clean
handed devotion to duty. His own
obodienco to tho laws would havo ro
stored them to universal supremacy,
All tho objects of tho Constitution as ro
cked in tho preamblo would havo been
accomplished but for tho obstructions
with which ho himself Impcdod them
Unfortunately tho Interests of cortaln
rings wero In conflict with tho interests
of tho country, and thoy, by largo pro
scnts seduced him into their service.
Tho public contracted to glvo him tho
enlary which his predecessors had been
content with; tho rings offered him
moro; ho accepted their bounty, foil
ovor to them, ami took tho Govornmont
into ills hands na a "Black Republican
Job."
Now, ns to Greeley. It cannot bo pro
tonded that his political life is very
symmetrical. Ho was in tho ranks of
tho radical Abolitionists for a good ma
ny years, That Is bad ; for such associ
atlons would liavo a natural tendency
to debaso him. But wo must not forgot
that, though ho was icifft them, ho was
not always othem. Ho refused to bo
it partaker in their worst Iniquities ; ho
had nono of their diabolical hatred for
tho Constitution ; ho did not lend his
lips to their ribald blasphemies, and his
feot wero novorBwlftlnrunninglo shed
Innocent blood. Before tho great con
flict began, his opposition to tho do-
signs of tho Abolitionists against tho
Federal r.nd Stato Governments, Im
pelled him to tho opposite heresy ol tho
secessionists. Llko tho Romnn father,
who killed his daughter to savo her
from worso fato, ho chose to destroy tho
Government rather than sco it dishon
ored and violated by lawloss forco.
When tho war was flagrant, ho provok
ed tho cxtromcst ragoof his associates
by oxertlng himself forn peace which
would havo loft all tho people In posses
sion of their constitutional liberties.
After tho eloso of tho contest, ho was
tho ndvoc.tto of regular nnd legal, ns
woll ns honest government for nil parts
of the country. I havo good authority
for saying that ho nover gave his ap
proval to any form of kidnapping, or
murder, by military commission. In
short, although ho did Join tho Aboli
tionists In thoir "dovil's dance," ho
nover learned to keep step with his
partners, and wo all know that when ho
could notslopit, ho left It and denounc
ed It with becoming indignation.
On another point ho ought to havo
credit. Tho friends of religious freedom
owo him an old debt of gratltudo for
tho zoal and ability with which ho re
sisted the church-burners when banded
In tho secret lodges of tho Know-Noth
ing order. It is but reasonablo to be
liovo that his opposition saved tho
country from tho great danger It was
onco In of being subjugated by that in
famous organization.
Ho has often been accused of compli
city In cheats of ono kind or another,
but In overy caso ho has triumphantly
refuted tho charges. For this, and for
other reasons I concludo that his per
sonal integrity is without a stain.
Ho has many times spoken of tho De
mocratic party and its moat honor
ed members In harsh and abusivo terms.
Theso nro faults of manner, nnd of tem
per, which, when monded, aro always
pardoned. Wo will not permit our
judgment to bo disturbed by considera
tions ao trifling as this.
I havo looked Into his past history
only to ascertain what ho Is now and
what ho is likely to bo in tho future.
am tocarenothiugfor "antecedents,"
oxcopt as thoy furnish tho means of es
timating his ciiaracter. I think I havo
found out with reasonablo certainly
how fur wo may confide In him. I do-
viJUtly bellovo that, if choson Prosidoiit.
lie will keep his oath, prosorvo tho Con
stitution iuvlolato, execute tho laws
faithfully, restoro tho States to their
rightful autonomy, protect individual
liberty by jury trial and habeas corpus,
put tho military in proper subordina
tion to tho civil authority, uso neither
forco nor fraud to carry elections, keep
his hands clean from corrupting gifts ;
set ltis faco liko a Hint against all man
ner of financial dishonesty, purify tho
administration of Justico as much as in
him lies, maintnin tho public credit by
a prompt dischargoof all just obliga
tions, economlso tho rovonuo and light
en taxation, give to capital tho right
which belongs to It, nnd at tho same
timo seo that labor is not robbed of its
earnings. Ho will certainly hold his
power of appointment as a public trust.
and not ns n part of his personal posses
slon to bo used for tho support of his
family, or to encourago tho prlvnto lib
erality of his friends. Ho will, so far
as ho can, without transgressing tho lim
its of his legal authority, relievo tho
Southern States from tho gangs that aro
now proying upon their vitnls In open
partnership with tho present adminis
tration. I think ho will do all this ; and my
faith Is founded on tho testimony of his
friends and enemies, on tho known
facts of his history, and on tho moral in
fluenco which tho Domocracy will no-
ces-sarlly exert upon his conduct. Tho
orrors of his past llfo wore caused
by certain evil communications from
which ho has clean escaped. Ho heads
a great revolt against wickedness in
high places, and I donotbtllovohowlll
go back upon us and ho guilty of tho
samo wickedness himself.
Tho contrast between tho two candi
dates being so very strong, no fair-
minded Democrat can doubt what ho
ought to tlo. Yet, tho reluclanco which
many of us el to voto for cither of
them Is hard to overcome. I did, and
do, most heartily sympathise with that
class which received Mr. Greeley'd no
mination In much sorrow. I nm sura
this feeling proceeded from no unwor
thy passion or prejudice, but was the
natural result of sober thought on tho
condition of the country nnd tho lltncss
of things pertaining thereto.
In our viow tho controversy between
tho parties was not all about men, and
not wholly on questions of mora admin
istration. Tho liberal Republicans anil
Homo Democrats think that wo owo all
our sufferings to tho corruption or inca
paclly of Gonoral Orant and tho rings
that surround him. But tho prlmo
cause lies further back and deeper down
in wrongs for which tho triumph of Mr,
Greeley with all his reforms offers no
immediate atonement and only n par
tial remedy.
In England, after overy civil commo
lion, tho victorious party vented Its
rago and gratified its awaclty by pass
Ing btlls of attainder, and bills of pains
and penalties against their fallen and
helpless opponents. Tho best and
greatest men of their respective ages
wero llio victims of thoso legislative do
crecs. In all tho most notablo cases sub
sequent Parliaments acknowledged tho
wrong, roversed tho attainders, nnd
mado what loparallon thoy could. Our
fathers determined nosuch thlngBliould
over bo dono hero, nnd bo thoy put thoir
solemn Interdict Into plain words, and
mado it apart of tho fundamental law
that neither Congress nor any Stato Lo
glslaturo should over pass a bill of nt
talnder,
Tho reconstruction act of 16G7 was a
Bill of Attainder moro deliberately cru
el, and with pains and penalties moro
compendiously unju3t than nny British
bill that over was passed. But Ha au
thors wero conscious that It could not
stand, and thoy must roplaco It wllh
somothing else, for sooner or later tho
courts would bo euro to pronounco It
void. Besides tho object being to put
tho Southern peoplo under tho domina
tion of greedy adventurers from the
North with unlimited license to oppress
and plunder thorn, tho officers of tho ar
my wero not very good ngonta In such
n nefarious business. Tho negroes
would bo instruments of tyranny much
moro oasily managed. But nn net of
Congress disfranchising the wlilto poo
plo for offenses real or imputed, nnd
handing ovor their Stato Governments
lo negroes to bo run by them In tho In
terests of carpet-baggers, would bo
moroly another Bill of Attainder, or ra
titer a modification of tho first ono mak
ing it much worso, but equally within
tho ro.tch of judicial correction. In this
strait thoy resorted to tho expedient of
converting the Constitution itself into a
Hill of Attainder.
Tho Fourteenth nnd Fiftcontli
Amondmonts wero frauds upon tho spi
rit and lotter of tho instrument, inas
much ns thoy effected the worst outrage
which it was mado to prevent. They
wero carried against tho known will of
nearly overy Stato In tho Union by
shameless deception in tho North, nnd
by brutal vlolcnco in tho South. "May
this liewashcd in Lethe and forgotten?"
Cortalnly not as long a3 any portion of
our peoplo aro compelled to bear tho in
tolerable burden of tho yoko thus fast
ened upon them. I need not say how
much thoy havo suffered already, nor
try to conjecture how much thoy will
bo called to enduro hereafter ; but it Is
certain that any ordlnarv dosnntlsm
would havo been n visitation of mercv
iu comparison. When wo reflect upon
tho number and rapacity of tho thioves
that havo been upheld in their pillago
by means of tho negro governments, wo
cannot holp but regret tho non-adoption
or Mr. Stevens' proposition, ntroclous as
it was, for universal confiscation. Tho
pernicious consequences of this ruio aro
felt in tho general as well as the local
governments. Tho legislation of Con
gress is largely controlled by fit ropro
sentives of tho carpet-bag interest, nnd
tho worst nets of tho Executivo admin
istration nro dono to pleaso tho power
which corrals tho negroes nt tho moot
ing places of tho leagues, nnd drives
them thencoto tho polls.
Mr. Greeley's election will not do all
thai wo could wish to frco us from theso
ovlls. It will not even bo a popular
condemnation of tho base meaus bv
which thoy were Inflicted upon us : but
it will begin tho process of their gradual
extinction. It will givo tho whlto peo
plo a reasonable hopo that tho herltablo
qualities of their fathers' blood may
somo day bo restored. In tho mean
time, if it docs not reverse the attain-
der, it will at least sccuro a merciful ox-
ccutlon of it. Democrats who tlisliko
Mr. Greeley's nomination havo reflect
ed well, and I think will support him
with almost perfect unanimity. Tho
thought that a victory will not glvo us
every thing at onco may diminish in
somo degree "tho rapture of tho strife,"
but It will not impair tho efficiency of
their support, for thoy are impelled to
their utmost exertions by a profound
conviction that nothing but his election
will savo tho country from a long per
iod of mlsgovornmont nnd perhaps tho
total destruction ofourfreo institutions.
I am with great respect, yours, tc,
J. S. Black.
York, Pa., August 3, 1872.
Deliqiiting in Meucy. It is relat-
cd that during tho first ftiw days of tho
reign of Queen Victoria, thou a girl be
tween nineteen and twenty years of
age, somo sentonce, of u court martial
wero presented for her signature. Ono
was for desertion. A soldier was con
demned to bo shot, aud his death war
rant was presented to tho Queen for her
signature. Sho read it, pausod, and
looked up to tho officer who had laid it
beforo her, and said ; "Havo .you noth
ing to say in behalf of this mau ?''
'Nothing ho has deserted threo
times," said thoofflcer. "Tlilnk again,
my lord," was her reply. "And, "said
tho gallant veteran, ns ho related tho
circumstances to his friends, (for It was
nono other than tho Dtiko of Welling
ton) "seeing her majesty so earnest
about It, I replied that ho was cortalnly
a bail soldier, but thero was somebody
who upoko of his good character, and
ho may bo a good man for aught I know
to tho contrary." "Oh, thank you a
thousand times,1' exclaimed tho youth
ful Queen ; anil hastily writing "Par
doned" in largo letters on tho fatal
slii'ot, alio sent it across llio talilo with
a hand trembling with eagerness and
bcnutlftil emotion.
llliieMierry Hush Oioiihm hi a l.aily's
Month.
A dentist in Delaware) city Is rofpon
siblo fur tho following : A lady having
had a tooth extracted, accompanied
Willi eonslderabln laceration of tho gum,
returned about threo weeks after tho
operation, complaining of shooting
pains In that portion of tho mouth, with
a feeling of swolling in tho gum3. Sup
posing it merely tho effects of tho sliat
torcd condition of tho Jaw-bono, tho
doctor told her it would soon pass away,
advising somo soothing lotlou. Throo
weeks later tho lady returned, Insisting
upon It that a new tooth was growing
lu tho placo of tho old one, upon which
tho dentist mado a moro caroful exam
ination, wlion ho discovered two pri
mordial leaves of a blaekbury bush, nnd
upon extracting them, found that fibres
an eighth of nn Inch In length had
forced thomsolvos Into tho pulpy flesh.
Tho lady then recalled (hoclrcumstauco
of having eaten blackberries with cream
tho evening following tho operation
und supposed that ono of tho seeds had
found a lodgment In tho soft wound
whero it had gorminatcd nnd develop
cd. if that don't bent Grant or any
other man nothing will.
(JJAkuiial reporter says a procession
timed thoir steps "to tho dulcet notes
of tho mllowldrum." Mellow drum Is
good,
The Hoy nlio SiTnllovrcil n Music Hox.
It was an awful fato for such a llttlo
boy. Ills father had bought for him a
minlaturo music box which played four
lunos. II was long nnd narrow, nnd
not much larger than a ton cent note.
So ono day, Just nfler tho music box. had
been wound up, Thomas got to fooling
with It, and placed It In his mouth, and
accidentally swallowed it. When Tho
mas went down to dinner, cortaln
strnngo strains of mystorious music
eeomed to bo wafted from under the ta
ble, and tho food beenmo cold whllo tho
family groped around on tho floor try
ing to discover whonco tho sound camo.
But tho truth was discovered at last.
Whllo tho family was at prayers that
ovcnlng Thomas got tho hiccups, and
tho music box started off all of asudden,
with "Listen to tho Mocking Bird."
Whereupon his father roso from his
kneos, and grasped Thomas by the hair,
and shook him up a lot, and usked him
wlmt ho meant. Thoy tried their best
to get the music box up, but it stuck
fast, and every timo thoy would pour
Homo now kind of an emetic down Tho
mas' throat tho machino would glvo a
sortof fresh spurt, and grind out 'Homo
Sweet Homo,' or 'Thoul't Nover Cease
to Lovo.' And so they wero compelled
to permit that music box to romaln up
on tho Interior, and it mado him miso
rablo, becauso just a3 likely as not whllo
ho was lying asleep in bed In tho mid
dlo of tho night, tho molody works in
sldo would begin to rovolvo and would
play "Kathleen Mavournoen" for two
or threo hours, unless tho peg happened
to slip, when it would switch back
again on "Listen to tho Mocking
Bird," and rattle that tuno out until
Tommy's brother would kick him out
of bed in wild despair and mako him
feel miserable And tho same way
when ho went to church. Very likely,
right In tho midst of tho most solemn
part of tho service, when everything
was hushed, that undigested harmoni
con would givo a preliminary buzz and
reel off "Thoul't Nover ccaso to Lovo."
And It will kill him. Unless that mu
sic box can be got out Thomas will dio.
Belsiiazzak Smith had a very bad
and very dangerous hablt.of walking in
his sleep. Ills family feared that dur
ing somo of his somnambulistic aaunt-
ering.3, ho would chargo out of tho win
dow and kill himself; so they persuad
ed him to sleep with his llttlo brother
William, and to tie ono end of a ropo
around his body and tho oilier end
around tho waist of llttlo William. Tho
very first night nftcr this arrangement
was mado Bolshazzar dreamed that a
burglar was pursuing him with a dag
ger, so he crept over to William's side
of tho bed , stepped over William's slum
bering form, jumped out on tho floor,
nnd slid under tho bed. Ho stayed thero
awhile, fast asleep ; and thon his night-
maro having changed, he emerged upon
tho other sldo of tho bed, and got under
tho covers in his old placo. Tho ropo, it
will bo observed, was beneath tho bed ;
and it was pulled taut, too. Early in
tho morning Belshazzar, about half
awako, scrougod ovor against William.
To his surprise tho movement Jorked
William clear out of bed. Belshazzar
leaped out to ascertain tho causo of tho
phenomenon, and at tho samo timo his
brother disappeared under tho bed.
Belshazzar, hardly yet awake, was scar
ed, and ho dived beneath tho bed j as
ho did so, ho heard William skirmish
ing across the blankets, abovo his head.
Onco moro ho rushed out, Just in timo
to perceivo William glido over tho oth
er tsido. Bolshazztr' just then became
sufficiently conscious to feol tho ropo
pulling him. Ho comprehended tho
situation at onco, and disengaged him
self. And perhaps llttlo William was
not mad 1 Ho was lu tho hospital un
dergoing repairs for about threo weeks,
and when ho camo out ho had a strango
desiro to sleep alone. Belshazzar an
chors himself now to an anvil. Max.
Adeler.
Richness of Michigan Soil.
A man in Detroit gavo mo somo idea
of tho richness of tho soil In that vicin
ity. Ho said thero wasn't any placo
on tho earth whero things grow as they
do there. Ho said his wife nover mado
bread. Sho always mado llttlo blscuit3
tho sizo of an egg, and sho would leave
them an hour to swell by themselves,
and thoy would grow into twelvo
pound loaves. I thought to myself you
nro a loafer. Ho continued his growing
taio, and said:
"Oneo thero was a man. IIo went
Into tho woods and chopped down four
trees. IIo used tho four stumps for cor
nor posts, and ho built a nice log houso
on thoso stumps. Then ho and his
family went to bed In tho house
Tho next morning ho found him
self and family up CO feet In tho air,
with a lot of Indians down collar wait
ing to cut their hair of)', and tho Tndlaus
did scalp tho wholo of 'em."
"Stranger," sain i, "you don't mean
to tell mo that thoso trees grow sixty
feet In ono night."
Sir, I do," nays hn, "and not only
that, thoy hoisted tho hous1) with 'em."
Aro you euro It wasn't slxty-ono
feot?" I asked meekly.
"Sir," said he, "I Hover provarlcate,
especially on ono foot."
"So they look und sculped them all,
did they?" Mild 1.
"Thoy did," said ho.
"How In tho ntnio of Mary who had
tho llttlo lanb did they got up to 'cm?"
I asked.
Says ho. "Respected sir, thoso Indl
ans each ono sawed off a tree; then
each Indian sat on a stump, and IIiobo
stumps grew tho Indians up to tho
houso and then they scalped tho fam
ily."
A quiet llttlo family circle In Utah
consists of thirty-two wives nnd sixty
eight children, and when thoy all gath
or around tho hearth on winter oven
lngs tho effect Is said to bo Indescrlba
bly cozy.
A man out west Bam ho moved eo
many times during ono year that when
over a covered wagon stopped nt tho
gato chickens would fall on their backs
and hold up thoir feet In order to bo
tied nnd thrown In.
Humorous.
A K entucklan being asked how much
corn ho raised, nnBwered "About ten
barrels of whisky, besides what wo
wasto making bread."
A Green Mountain cheeso makor
found olghty-Blx nnglo worms luacan of
milk purchased of a fellow-townsman.
Thoro was something tho mattor with
that man's cow.
"I can't drink liquor." said Bob, "It
goes right to my head." "Well," said
Bob's friend, "whero could It go with
less danger of being crowded."
A Vcrmontor, who Mint for ono of tho
$2.00 hand sowing machines advertisod
in tho papers, received a shoo-mnkcr's
awl, worth about ton cents.
Tho Jacksonville Journal has this do
llcato personal item s "Thoso who know
nlco old Mr. Wilson, of this place, per
sonally, will regret lo hoar that ho was
assailed In a brutal manner Inst week
and not killed."
A chicken thief on Long Island tried
to enter tho hen houso of a farmer not
knowing that a big dog was chained
near by. His bill at tho nearest apoth
ecary's for liniment aud sticking plas
ter has been thirty dollars, and ho can
now put ou his pantaloons comfortably.
Fritz Vanvonderbllnklnstoeffiinhel
manstronsehorn, of Hamburg, Germa
ny, reglstm-d his namo at tho Wlndl
oto House, .Manitowoc, on tho 3J. Tho
landlord Imtnodl.itoly opened a now
book for tho accommodation or travel
lers. Two years ago a Connecticut man ro
eclved a gross insult from a neighbor
who Uvea a quarter of a mllo ot moro
from him. After a long modltatlon ho
has now nurchased a noacock and a
Jackass and anchored them In a field ad
joining his neighbor's back yard.
A prenoslerous story is circulating
to tho effect that anortsmon In New
Jersey mistako raosquotoes for snipe.
The much greater length of tho Jersey
mosqueto's ma siiouiu render sue
error Impossible
A Detroit eentlemati ono hundred
and flvo years old has lately been troub
led with a failing In bis eye-sight, and
nis uoctor tninKs it's ine result oi smoif -Ing
to excess for tho last ninety years
or bo.
Mr. Theodore Tllton aays in his pa
per :
aavo mo irom a uod who damns."
An acquaintance replies :
"Wo should llko to do it. mv bov.
but the thing is Impossible"
A Kentucky naner savs that a mom-
borof tho Legislature of that Stato sent
up tho following to tho Clerk : "Leovo
is asked to bring In A Bill to altar tho
timo for the Legislature to meot. Ra
furred to the comity on Rellgen."
Somctlmc3 a proposition trains a
point by being put into rhyme, and tho
Positlvist flnd.s his origin very happily
traced In theso lines :
Thero was au ape. In tho dovs that wero earlier :
Centurloi passed and hit hair became curlier ;
Centuries moro gavo a thumb to his wrist
Then ho was a man and a Positlvist.
When Barnum's cannibals offered ono
of tho spectators at tho show last night
ten dollars if ho would glvo them his
llttlo boy on tho half-shell for breakfast
this raornlnir. "mv little bov is not for
salo," replied tho fond parent, "but I've
got a stall-fed mother-in law you can
havo for half tho money." Louisville
courier Journal.
In Franco an inventor of boots with
which to walk on tho water mado a
public experiment, when, says the ac
count, tho boots indeed floated, but tho
inventor, with his head under water.
seemed to bo carrying on a conversation
witn tnoiisncs. which would havo pro
bably ended with his suffocation if a
boat bad not picked him up.
Jones and hiswifo woro always quar
roling about their comparative talents
for keeping a fire Sho inslstod that
Just so surely as he attempted to re-ar-
rango tno sticks with tho tongs ho
put tho 11 ro out. Ono nltrht tho
church bell soundod an alarm, and
Jones sprang for his flro bucket, eager
to rush to tho conflagration. "Mr.
Jones," cried his wifo, as ho reached
tho door, "tako tho tonga i"
At a funeral lately, thero stood In tho
houso of tho defunct an old-fashioned
clock, which, when it finished tho an
nouncement of tho meridian hour, was
made to play a tune. Tho officiating
minister was In tho midst of his sermon
when, noon having arrived, tho clock
commenced striking twelve. In a very
solemn tono ho impressed on his hear
ers tho Inevitable flight of timo ; but
tho exhortation was evidently ineffec
tive as tho clock Instantly followed
with tho cheery old notes of "'Take your
timo, Mies Lucy."
Tho cltv editor of a Western paper.
whoso son is a clerk in tho Post-office
has not seen tho latter for a long period
of timo, owing to tho fact that tho fa
ther returned to bed ere thoson return
ed homo, and in tho morning tho father
always loft beforo tho son got out of be el.
Ono morning tho lady of tho hotim
managed to got tho father and son to
gether at tho broakfast table, and Ly
way of joko remarked : "Son. let tun
Introduce you to your father." "H,-.v
do you do, father," said tho hopeful;
I don't remember ever having met u
beforo, but I havo heard ma spoak
you."
An Irishman being recently on tr .1
for somo offence, pleaded "not guilty "
and tho Jury being in tho box, tlm
Stato Solicitor proceodod to call Mr,
Furklsson as a witness, wmi itio n
meat Innocence, Patrick turned his hiM
to tho Court, and said, "Do I und. r
stand, your honor, that Mr. Ftirkl i
is to DO a witness lornuiisi uiu ugtuii -
Tho Judgo said, dryly, "It seems ."
"well, then your nonor, a. pieau gui ,
euro, an' your nonor pmiso; noi i-
causo I nm guilty, ror j nm as innocent,
ns your honor's suckling baby, but Just
on neeount of saving Mr. Furkl'Hou'.s
soul."
A most nslonlshluir old contlcinuii
has turned up, a miracle of a Methuse
lah, In Prescott, Wis. Tho peculiarity
of this vonorablo person Is, that al
though ho Is only 100 years of age, ho
remembers tho Boston Tea Party, nnd
"how his mother hid hor tea to bo used
In caso of sickness." Jioromemui-rsnn
this, though tho great Boston tea-brow-
lug tOOK piaco oiglll years uuiuru nu ni
born, bo that his memory is equally ti
tonishlng with his longevity. Wbon
ho was 10 years old, ho 'voted for Wash,
ington.' All ho has to eay about diet Is
that 'no naa eaten wrnii iu n-m, um.
Such a remarkable creature could only
havo been bom Jn Connecticut, auu ma
namo is David Stiles.
A young man in Now York was tho
victim of misplaced confldenco a short
timo ogo. Ho was particularly sweet
ou a very jfounggirl, nnd called ono ev
ening, having provloualy paid hertovc
ral visits. Tho girl's parents, thinking
both too young to beglu to keep compa
ny with each other, gavo n gentle hint
to that effect first, by calling tho girl
out of tho room odu tending her tobul ;
and secondly, by tho lady of tho houfeu
bringing inn htijzo slice of bread and
butter, spread with Jam, and Baying to
tho youth, in her kindest maimer,
t'Thero, tako this und go homos it lsu
loug way, and your mother will bo aux-
10U3,"